
It'slate1930's.ForeseeingtheupcomingwarinEurope,LithuaniangeographerFeliksasGruodiscomesupwithanideatosavehiscountrybyestablishingaLithuaniancolonyoverseas.Theplanisamassiveexodustothesocalled"ReserveLithuania"incaseofoccupation.Feliksastriestosellhisideatooneofthemostimportantpersonsofthestate-agreycardinalofthepresident,theprimeministerJonasServus.Dismissingtheideaatfirst,soontheprimeministerexperiencesaheartstrokeasthecountrygetsthefirstsignsofwaratit'sborders.Asthepresidentuseshisillnesstoturnhimintoascapegoat,thealreadyex-primeministergetsbacktoFeliksas,persuadeshimtorevealhisplanandoffershishelp.Thehopetoimplementtheplandoesn'tbringmuchlighttoFeliksas'personallife.Himandhiswife,achildlesscouple,liveinastiffandcoldrelationship.AsFeliksasfindsafulfilmentinhisutopia,hiswifeVeronikafindsnowaytodiminishher...

