在1991年的秋天,一群的克罗地亚士兵搭着一个简易的装甲车去巡逻,不久后他们遭遇到伏击,他们的车辆被敌人摧毁,他们被迫在附近的一所房屋躲藏起来。他们驻扎在那所房子里进行了24小时的战斗.......电影的故事情节是根据克罗地亚独立战争期间发生的真实事件。。Birdcatcher Esmar and his wife Johanna face eviction from their farm in Gásadalur unless they have a son. Desperation sets in when Johanna gives birth to their third daughter. Pushed to the brink, Johanna is impregnated by another man, a French Captain, and gives birth to a son, known as ‘the birdcatcher’s son’. Everything seems perfect until the French Captain returns.。