The millennium begins for retired tram driver Hubert Brechbühl with big plans and no cat. For the young couple Pit and Petzi, it involves a lot of sex. For Selina May, it means being unemployed. For Erich and Gerda Wyss, it leads to considerations of who should die first. Much of this will change, while other things will not. Eleven residents of a Zurich apartment building find themselves caught in a whirlwind of emotions.