Set during the Bosnian war in the early 1990s, Luka is a mild-mannered railway clerk whose life is turned upside down, not just by the outbreak of the war, but when his wife runs off with a local musician. Then Luka's son is conscripted and eventually captured in the fighting. To recover his son, Luka is commanded to guard a pretty young Muslim nurse who will be used in a hostage swapping operation.

Slavko Štimac
as Luka Đurić

Nataša Tapušković
as Sabaha

Vesna Trivalić
as Jadranka Đurić

Vuk Kostić
as Miloš Đurić

Aleksandar Berček
as Veljo

Stribor Kusturica
as Kapetan Aleksić

Mirjana Karanović
as Nada

Nikola Kojo
as Filipović

Branislav Lalević
as President

Davor Janjić
as Tomo