Pepe, a cheerful 17-year-old Roma boy, lives in a run-down house on the outskirts of Vienna, with his unpredictable uncle Rocky. To earn money for his family, Pepe goes begging every day, or as he calls it: goes to work. One day, Marcela, a 16-year-old girl from Slovakia, comes to live with them and it's love at first sight. Together the hardships of life are easier to handle and so they dream of a better and more just future. But Pepe's despotic uncle Rocky also feels more and more drawn to Marcela and tries to compel her into a forced marriage. A race against time begins.