Martin was a veterinarian at the top of his game, until a dramatic life changing incident at work. It resulted in an inability to communicate with the world, spending the rest of his days in total isolation. The women in Martin's life are the narrators: his wife, his mother and his colleague, Jana, whose horse he was treating on that fateful day.

این فیلم داستانِ واقعیِ دو برادر به نام‌های جوزف و سیتیراد ماشین را روایت می‌کند. آن‌ها پسرانِ جوزف ماشین، چهره‌ی شناخته‌شده مقاومت مسلحانه علیه رژیم کمونیستی چکسلواکی در سال‌های 1951 تا 1953 هستند و ...