The heroes of "Taxidermia" are three men. Three generations of a family, who happen to live in Eastern-Europe, in Hungary. The 'Balatony Saga' is just like a subjective history of the second half of the 20th century told by Lajos, the youngest member of the family. Surrealism and historical facts get mixed up in his imagination, creating a kind of "fairy realism", like for example in Marquez' novels. Or in the works of the popular contemporary Hungarian writer, Parti Nagy Lajos - the script is based on some of his stories.

Lajos, the young artist talks about defencelessness and loneliness: he tells the story of his grandfather, the awkward batman of a ruthless captain in the 2nd World War, who is just longing for being loved. He also talks about ambitions and frustrations, telling the story of his father, Kalman, his mystical birth and his career as a professional sportsman during the socialist era. He just wanted to be famous, to win the Olympic Games in L.A., but as it is known, the socialist countries didn't take part in the games. And finally Lajos talks about himself, the 'sculptor of organic material', who is being loved, who is famous, but who is just carving for eternity. He wants to create the most perfect work of art of all times: to stuff himself.

While working on his body, he tells us all the important things about himself and his origin, that "Once upon a time there was a chubby little baby, having a tiny little pigtail, who happened to be my father..."