In Sarajevo, 1992, Ajla Ekmečić is an ethnic Bosniak artist and single mother of an infant child. One evening, she meets her boyfriend, ethnic Serb police officer Danijel Vukojević, at a club. They enjoy the evening together, but many of the patrons are killed and Danijel is badly injured when the club is destroyed by artillery fire, signifying the opening salvo of the Bosnian War.