Le film enchevêtre l'histoire personnelle d'une jeune femme avec le contexte historique plus vaste du combat de la communauté rusyne contre la construction d'un réservoir dans les années 1980.
In communist Czechoslovakia of 1980, Mara dreams of leaving her village to study in the city and become a pilot. But her father, a widowed Ruthenian farmer, insists she stay and work the land. When her village faces destruction due to a new reservoir, their generational conflict intensifies, revealing the struggle between tradition, identity, and the desire for freedom in a context of historical change.
