Orphan boy runs away from foster home, ends up being adopted by gypsies. For the rest of his life, he vacillates between mainstream Hungarian culture and tribal gypsy society.

Into an era seething with war and revolution, a man comes with an incredible power to heal a nation...or destroy it. Based on the true story of one of the most powerful and mysterious figures in Russian history.

The story interleaves the destinies of two families, a Serbian from Bosnia and a Hungarian, in a village on the border.

The Belarusian born in Yugoslavia considers completely himself as a Yugoslav. Still during the Soviet-Yugoslav conflict his origin will be reassessed.