What could be better for the village than a scenic railway to bring in the tourists? What could be worse for tourism than war? Luka builds the railway and shuts his eyes to war. Then Luka's wife runs off with a musician and his son is called up to the army. Luka's life is a war zone. Then he meets Sabaha ...

Bosna 1992. godine. Luka, Srbin, inženjer iz Beograda, dolazi u planinsko selo sa ženom Jadrankom, operskom pevačicom i sinom Milošem. Sprema se da izgradi prugu koja će čitav kraj pretvoriti u raj za turiste. Zanesen idejom i zaslepljen urođenim optimizmom, Luka ostaje gluv za preteću ratnu tutnjavu koja se približava...