- The story takes place in the recently collapsed Eastern Union. There are no law enforcement, everyone acts without consequences. In the middle of this confusion, a mother struggles to protect her baby.
- The film's fictional story takes place in the near future, in the recently collapsed Eastern Union. There are no law enforcement agencies, everyone is free to act at their own discretion. Some people leave their homes to flee to another country still "alive", and some plunder into gangs. The conflict comes from this point. Ella and her husband want to leave the Union with their baby. They're packing into their car when a four-member gang arrives. The raiders, after taking away all the money of the family, they kill the husband and try to rape the woman hiding in the house. Arthur, one of the gang members goes after Ella, but when he finds the frightened woman hugging her baby, he can't act. Ella embracing her child has such a powerful effect on Arthur that his whole worldview changes. By firing off two gunshots as if he killed the woman and the child, he actually saves their lives. At night, the man steals the money from his sleeping companions and leaves them behind to give it back to the woman. Meanwhile, after burying her husband, Ella leaves their messed up home with her baby. Driving on the highway towards the state border she notices a woman by the road. After a short hesitating Ella offers her help, but this is a trap: the woman and another person steal the car, at least, fortunately they put the baby out of the vehicle, and they go on, leaving behind the woman in total hopelessness. The exhausted woman is walking on the road when a car comes towards them. The driver is Artur. He offers the money and his help to get to the border. Ella has no any other chance to survive and escape, so she grabs this contradictory opportunity. The ordeals made Ella exhausted. When they stop for have rest at night, Arthur sets fire and they finally get some sleep. Arthur gives Ella a knife so she can protect herself if anything goes wrong. The next morning, the gang arrives. Ella is caught by one of the gang members who wants to rape her. Arthur faces the other two gang members. Ella kills her attacker with the knife and takes her unharmed child. Arthur kills his old companions, but his injuries lead to his death. Ella stays with him in the last minutes. After Arthur's death, the woman goes to the car to continue her journey towards the border with her child. A young boy wants to steal the vehicle, but Ella stops him. She first gags Arthur's weapon on him, but eventually she sympathize with the desperate boy, finds a companion in distress, and finally continues their journey together, hoping for a more humane future.
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