Three teenagers live in a brutal Roma ghetto in Sofia, Bulgaria. One of them is in love with literature but to make ends meet he needs to become a boxer.

The young ravishing history teacher Lora Angelova is torn apart by the love she has for the school her father founded, and her former life as a competitive dancer. As the principal's position at the school becomes vacant, Lora needs to make the difficult decision between staying and fighting for the job, or running away from the intimidation she faces. With the help of the beloved students in her class, she discovers who she really is and easily makes the right decision.

Heat, iron, dust and the smell of oil. A typical workday of maximum security inmates will prove to be fateful for all of them. They find something extraordinary inside one of the machines, and an unexpected wave of compassion makes the prisoners take hostages and block the entrance to the workshop and risk their lives, because sometimes the desire to be human is stronger than the survival instinct.

In 1983, Borislava is held in custody after her boyfriend’s attempt to escape communist Bulgaria. All she has to do is agree to cooperate with the State Security against Julian and they will set her free… Shortly after her release, Borislava is getting married to Julian, who is still in prison. What had to be the happiest day in her life is overshadowed by the growing distrust that tears up her family.

The life of widower Rusi and his neighbor Milko – a ‘priest’ with the mind of a child – is turned upside down when a Turkish boy and a Bulgarian girl seek their help to protect their love and escape their feuding families.