Two unemployed carpenters in 1933 accept payment to carry a beautiful door across a county without a house to attach it to. Each stop reveals another claim on the timber, turning a ridiculous job into an argument about ownership, work, and promises made by absent men.
A newly independent baroness buys an unreliable motorbus and hires the mechanic who insists she learn to drive it herself. Their first public route becomes a comic battle over destinations, reputation, and whether a shared future needs one person at the wheel.