艺术学院学生本（肖恩?比格斯代夫 Sean Biggerstaff 饰 ）在被女友苏芝甩了之后，夜夜无法入睡。在经历了两周的不眠之夜后，本决定到超市去上夜班以打发这额外的8小时。
在超市上夜班，本遇到了形形色色的人，包括喜欢恶搞的同事巴里和马特、超级迷恋中国功夫的布莱恩，还有收银员莎伦（艾米丽雅?福克斯 Emilia Fox 饰）。在这里，本发现了自己有能停止时间的能力。他一次次在上夜班时停止时间，用自己的画笔去描绘各式女子。
不知不觉间，本发现自己喜欢上了莎伦，并且不再失眠。就在本准备展开爱情攻势的时候，误会一个个接踵而至，本又开始失眠了。
Konstantin Gudauskas is a Jew born in Kazakhstan, but received political asylum in Ukraine. After the Russian invasion begins on 24 February 2022, he is able to travel freely to the occupied territories and evacuate civilians from there thanks to his Kazakh passport. During the next months he saves 203 people by taking them out of the occupied territories. Konstantin observes firsthand the horrors of war and the atrocities of the Russian occupation. Throughout this time he is advised and guided by a woman, Haide Rizaeva, a Crimean Tatar, employee of the Main Intelligence Directorate.
