Păcală, a young man without too many expectations from life, is tired of wandering around the world and driven by the longing for his parental home he decides to return to his homeland, from somewhere "outside" - a timeless space located outside the borders of Romania.

Death and spiritual torment stalk three American students visiting the Carpathian mountain homeland of Vlad Tepes.

During the total solar eclipse of August 11, 1999, a Geography student who is writing his thesis on this very astronomical phenomenon is constantly disturbed in his work by various factors that he tries to resist in order to be able to concentrate on his study. But when an unknown young woman appears at his door, the student ends up spending the moment of maximum intensity of the eclipse with her.