Bosnia, 1992. Luka, a Serbian engineer from Belgrade,has installed himself in a village in the middle of nowhere with his opera singer wife, Jadranka, and their son,Milos. Luka is preparing to build the railroad that will transform the region into a tourist's paradise. Utterly engrossed in his work and blinded by natural optimism, Luka remains deaf to the increasingly persistent rumblings of war. When the conflict explodes, Luka's life is turned inside out.