It is the winter of 1993. While the war rages near the Croatian town of Vinkovci, a portly and tall pregnant woman, Veljka, from an ethnically mixed family, is waiting to give birth. The due date was eight days ago. When she finally goes into labor, there are no men in the house, as all of them are away at the front. Veljka has no choice but to embark on a 60-kilometer journey to the hospital, defying her labor, grenades, and the most dangerous weapon of all – nationalist prejudices and hate.

Marko Dugonjić (Vinkovci, 1992) has earned a Master of Arts degree in Film & TV Directing - Feature Film at the Academy of Dramatic Art, University of Zagreb. He is a member of the MultiMedia Centre Studio of Creative Ideas in Gunja and the Filmmakers Association of Croatia. He works as a screenwriter, director, actor, and assistant director.