At apathy with his life, Ray (Domhnall Gleeson) dreams of the beauty and joy he will find in retirement.

It is about death, salt and art.

February 27, 1993, Strpci, Bosnia and Herzegovina. A passenger train from Belgrade to Bar is stopped by paramilitary forces in an ethnic cleansing operation. As they haul off innocent civilians, only one man out of 500 passengers dares to stand up to them. This is the true story of a man who could not remain silent.

Anna has an estranged son Stephen who has become a film director, against her wish. A film by him is to screen in a cinema in the city on Christmas Eve, but Anna remains indifferent. However, on the pretence of buying bulbs for her husband, Anna travels to the city to see the film.

Two men displaced in the hell of the German meat industry. Something lies between them.
Something makes them dream again.