The story follows Matthias, who returns before Christmas from working abroad to his native multi-ethnic mountain village in Transylvania. He is worried about the education his son Rudi has been receiving from his mother, Ana. He also needs to check on his old father Otto, and yearns to see his ex-lover Csilla again. He finds his boy and the village under the shadow of a strange irrational fear and unsettlement. When the factory that Csilla manages hires foreign workers, deep-rooted impulses and resentments emerge, conflicts and emotions erupt and the veneer of peace in the community is shattered.