Ivana Mladenović

A rising actor returns to her hometown to recover from a mysterious illness, but rumors about her personal life disrupt the getaway.

During the summer of 1937, Emanuel, a young man in his early 20s, is committed to a sanatorium on the Black Sea coast for treatment of bone tuberculosis. The treatment consists of painful spine punctures that confine him to a body cast and to bed. Little by little, as Emanuel gets accustomed to the limitations of his new life, he discovers that there is still a life to be lived to the fullest.