The Kosovo War, 1999: Albanians are fighting Serbs, Serbs are fighting Albanians. Neighbours have become enemies. Friends kill each other. Danica, a young Serbian woman, lives with her two sons, Danilo and Vlado, in a small Serbian-Albanian village next to the river Ibar. She is mourning her husband, who was killed in the ongoing civil war. When Ramiz, a seriously-injured soldier, seeks shelter in her home, she is forced to make a decision. He is a member of the Kosovo Liberation Army (UCK). Should she sell him out to the Serbian militia – or try to save his life? Danica and Ramiz are practically neighbours, since he lives on the Albanian side of the river near the hospital where she gave birth to her children. Now they are sworn enemies. By helping him and giving him shelter she puts her own life and the lives of her children in danger. The soldier and the widow fall in love but their fragile happiness is threatened by a jealous neighbour. For Danica, it soon becomes evident that there is no way to evade the effects of the war.