Tortot is a field cook in a time of endless wars. He always joins the winning side, just in time. His heart is as cold as a fish's, but he has the gift of preparing a delicious soup with a limp carrot and a dried-up onion. One day, he finds the very young soldier George in a supply barrel. Tortot would prefer to get him out of his kitchen, but George manages to steal his heart… A tender total spectacle about a friendship amidst the mud and blood of the battlefield. A brass band ventures onto the battlefield, which is partly visualized by FroeFroe's rich puppet world, and Laika flavors the performance with a reconciling meal.