Peter est un jeune délinquant de Belgrade plein d’ambition, spécialisé dans le vol de voitures. Mais le jour où il se trompe de véhicule il se met à dos le chef des narcotrafiquants de la ville. Son erreur va mettre sa vie en danger mais aussi celle de ses proches. Pour Peter, la descente aux enfers ne fait que commencer…

Spring in wartime. Each day a milkman crosses the frontline on a donkey, dodging bullets to bring his precious wares to the soldiers. Blessed with good fortune on his mission, loved by a beautiful villager, a peaceful future seems to await him… until the arrival of a mysterious Italian woman turns his life upside down. Thus begins a story of passionate, forbidden love that will plunge them both into a series of fantastic and dangerous adventures. They have been joined by fate, and nothing and no one seems able to stop them… Two-times Palme D'Or winner Emir Kusturica directs and stars in this story of love and war, rich in emotion, comedy and adventure.