Miriam is an adoring fan of Svika Pick. She dreams of being a famous singer, leading her to mysteriously abandon her son Meir on his tenth birthday. Both Meir and his best school friend Shuli-who happens to be a beautiful girl-have their eye on the same gorgeous guy. But despite worthy distractions, Meir never stops searching for his mother, eventually moving to Tel Aviv and becoming famous as a drag queen named Mary Lou. The songs never stop coming as Mary Lou discovers he needs to find himself even more than his mother.