The life of Maria Barbizan, an office worker, seems to have no point. She is lonely and doesn't have a place at her job or in her family. One day, she does what we've all wanted to do: she throws away her purse and her old life and enters a mysterious contest to win... a car. She is locked in a room with four strangers, each more strange than the last, and has to go through a series of challenges. This is a "competition to probe the very essence of mind-body articulation," led by Homunculus, a mysterious and interesting host.