In a Europe, where economic prudence is becoming the rule, where "big" either eclipses or absorbs "small", traditional "Mom & Pop" shops are vanishing at an alarming rate. The film is a documentary about four of this dying breed of small local shops: a butcher shop, a drug store, a leatherware shop and a button shop. By the end of the film only one of these shops will have survived. Silently observed by the camera, the film unfolds as a portrayal about memories, relationships, working conditions, love, loneliness and the passing of time.