Story follows young man Strahinja who is in love with a local beauty Radojka, but their relationship has an obstacle - her father Zivan, who considers Strahinja as nothing but a loser. To prove that he's able to take care of himself and his future bride, Strahinja agrees to take vacancy in village mill... But, mill is known as a place where no one meets the dawn alive...
It's a love story about a husband and wife, played by Jake Johnson and Rosemarie DeWitt. It's about the pleasures and pains of building a family with someone, and maintaining the excitement of a relationship over a long period of time.