Bukurešť 1988, poslední rok Ceauseskovy diktatury. Sedmnáctiletá Eva žije s rodiči a mladším bratrem. Se svým přítelem Alexem jednou ve škole náhodou rozbijí bustu...
After Eva is expelled from her high school for her uncooperative attitude, she is sent to a technical school where she meets Andrei, with whom she plans to escape by swimming across the Danube into Yugoslavia and then relocating to Italy.