November 1982, Martial Law. The film tells the story of conscripts drafted into the army who, reluctant toward the communist authorities, often refused to carry out orders.

Tonia lives with her father and grandmother. Her mother is dead, her father is an alcohol abuser and he lost his job. His grandmother decides to send him to work on a construction site in Italy for three months. Tonia will do everything in her power to foil this plan.