在他的妻子试图自杀后,身为临时工的尼古拉的两个孩子也被迫离开他,并交由养父母抚养。一开始,这只是一项临时安排,然而在对尼古拉的住房条件进行评估后,塞尔维亚小村庄的社会福利办公室主任认为尼古拉太穷,无法为他的子女提供良好的生活环境。寡言少语的尼古拉决定向贝尔格莱德社会事务部提出申诉,并且决定步行300公里到达首都,向当局展现他愿意为他的孩子们付出巨大努力的决心。导演戈卢博维奇通过展现真实、动人的影像告诉观众这个不平等的故事。主人公尼古拉不仅用自己平和且坚韧的性格丈量了这个国家,也探索了是非之间的界限。这位顽强的父亲决心不向绝望屈服,踏上了一段重新定义“英雄”一词的英雄之旅。A small town in Serbia. Nikola, day laborer and father of two, is ordered to give up his children to social services after poverty and hunger drive his wife to commit a desperate act. Until he can provide adequate conditions for their upbringing, the children will be placed in foster care. Despite Nikola's best efforts and several appeals, the head of the social services center refuses to return his children and his situation seems hopeless. But when Nikola discovers the local administration may be corrupt, he decides to travel across Serbia on foot and take his case directly to the national ministry in Belgrade. Against all odds and driven by love and despair, this father refuses to give up on justice and his right to raise his children.