In Yugoslavia's Livada prison in 1970, inmates led by Keber convince reluctant authorities to let them watch the televised Olympic final basketball game between the home country and the U.S., but taunting guards interrupt the viewing and prod the prisoners to the point of a riot. After a period of a kind of blissful anarchy where the inmates taste freedom, Keber enlists the house "intellectual" Mrak to devise a system of prisoner self-government aimed at forcing reforms on the state.

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About young people from ex-Yugoslavia who live and work in Prague--"center of emigrant crosses." The story follows young film director Gina, who is about to shoot her first feature film, but hasn't the script or the money. The only thing she is certain of is that it must be about love--true love. Before consciously finding the right story to tell, she begins to make a movie about her life and the lives of her closest friends. The involvement of a Mafia spy, a President Bush doll, a transvestite flatmate, an ex-boyfriend, a sclerotic grandmother and a Mafia boss not only causes a lot of surprises, danger, and broken hearts, but also emotional struggles and unexpected comical situations.