The majestic cross of the savior rises above the village and casts a shadow on the quirky neighbourhood in preparation for the funeral. Vladimír is about to bury his wife and impatiently awaits his son Dušan, from whom he has long been estranged.

Lumberjack Jerguš is stuck deep in the forest in a seemingly frozen conflict of blunt axes and sharp banners. The greater battle, however, takes place within himself. Struggling with a personal crisis, doubts about faith, and living as a cuckold, he slowly becomes entangled, within his small and insignificant existence, in matters that far exceed him.