Sarajevo 1992. Vladimir Vukoviψ, nineteen, is a biology student at the University of Sarajevo. He loves animals, and especially his French bulldog, Rhea. Civil war breaks out, and Vladimir loses everything: his parents, his brother, his girlfriend and his home. Having enlisted in the Bosnian army, he reaches Serbian territory, following the Dayton Agreement, and there he is treated as a traitor. After travelling around for a year, he arrives in Belgrade. Here, he finds work as the caretaker of a dog pound. Belgrade 1999. The first day of the NATO bombings. Azra, one of his dogs, dies of a heart attack caused by its fear of the explosions.