In Stip, a small town in Macedonia, every January the local priest throws a wooden cross into the river and hundreds of men dive after it. Good fortune and prosperity are guaranteed to the man who retrieves it. This time, Petrunya dives into the water on a whim and manages to grab the cross before the others. Her competitors are furious - how dare a woman take part in their ritual? All hell breaks loose, but Petrunya holds her ground. She won her cross and will not give it up.

Two girls wait around the town of Skopje for something neither of them know. An introspective journey peppered with invented etymology, fake philosophy, and rocks.

Fate unites two runaways, Vladimir a forty-year-old man who has lost all of his love and Lena, a sixteen-year-old girl who has never had one. They help each other to rediscover their love for life.