Harvie Krumpet is the story of an Eastern European immigrant's life of incredible bad luck. Home-educated by his deranged and illiterate (yet beloved) mother, Harvie's life is dedicated to the accumulation of 'Fakts', until he meets the love of his life and has a beautiful and intelligent daughter. These two women are, however, the only relief in Harvie's relentless misfortune, which includes, in no particular order; testicular cancer, deranged Scotsmen, geriatric nudity, bald parrots, fatal fires, Tourette's syndrome and Busby Berkeley musicals.