A middle class couple in retirement takes a leisurely excursion to the park for a picnic. The serenity of an intimate meal in nature is shattered by the appearance of a distraught mime on the run from a mysterious threat. As the mime explains his predicament through an elaborate performance, the man and woman grow bored and indifferent, hoping to just pay the ‘street performer’ and be on their way. Their efforts fail. Before there is time to escape, they evolve from idle spectators to unwilling participants in an imaginary crime that exposes troubling mysteries about performance, commitment and violence.