A mother brings her teenage son to Sarajevo, where his father died in the Bosnian conflict years ago.

The fervent affair of the Italian Gemma and the American photographer Diego will be put to the test by the insurmountable problem of infertility, as the couple's desperate desire to conceive will prompt them to make difficult choices. Now, sixteen years after the 1992 siege of Sarajevo, Gemma--after accepting her old friend Gojko's invitation--will return to the once war-torn city accompanied by her 16-year-old son, Pietro, only to unearth powerful memories and bottled-up emotions. But, there, decades after her perilous escape, Gemma is also in for a terrible and tragic revelation--one that will uncover the true horrors of war and the full extent of her loss.—Nick Riganas

Sixteen years after leaving war-torn Bosnia, Italian professor Gemma (Cruz) returns to the battle-scarred city of Sarajevo with her discontented teenage son Pietro. She longs to show him the country where she fell passionately in love with his father, Diego (Hirsch) - but she is about to discover a long-hidden secret, one that will reveal far more to their knotted past than even her haunted memories can disclose.