Elena, a theater director in love with her work, is 32 years old when she realizes that she cannot have children. Faced with a choice - to try to conceive in vitro with her beloved husband, the conductor Leon Mayer, or to adapt the theater program with which she transforms the lives of orphans in far Africa, Elena will rediscover the word "mother". The film is inspired by a true story.

Margarita leaves the famous reporter Marco Matanich, joining her brother and his friends from different Balkan countries, windsurfing on an island. But the wind stops and a beach war-game begins. To prove his skills to Margarita, Marco shoots them in reportage. Quoted by leading media it fires a Balkan conflict, the friends start building national borders between their tents, while Margarita disappears in the open sea.

本片讲述了一个发生在上世纪的真实故事。片名有起义军领袖、指挥官、保卫者的含义。保加利亚在历史上有很长一段时间被奥斯曼帝国所统治。为了同化保加利亚人，奥斯曼土耳其人无恶不作，大量屠杀、迫害保加利亚人迫使他们改信伊斯兰教。主人公鲁米亚娜被迫抛弃了她的孩子和一群反叛者一起走上了起义的道路。本片正是基于这位振奋人心的人物所创作。