A Yugoslav army outpost on an Adriatic island at the time Croatia declares independence. To expedite the exit of the Serb-led army, locals set up a stage to harass the camp's commander Aleksa, who refuses to move without a Belgrade directive. Instead, he threatens to blow up everyone by setting off the ammo dump. When art history professor Blaz Gajski fails to retrieve his son from the camp, a local deserter loans him a uniform, enabling him to pose as a general.