Lem (Meto Jovanovski) has had a heart attack, and he now hangs in a strange twilight between life and death, where his mind replays his life as a youngster (played by Saso Kekenovski), when his family was imprisoned for opposing Stalin. Two teachers, kindly Ariton (Mitko Apostolovski) and stern Olivera (Verica Nedeska), helped shape him, but it's his friendship with honest Isak (Maja Stankovska) that changed him forever.