As Georgia fights for its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a young woman struggles to make a life in the remote, isolated villages high in the Caucasus Mountains, where ancient patriarchal laws threaten to separate her from her daughter.
Dina lives in a remote village high in the Georgian mountains, where traditions have remained the same for centuries. Her marriage has been arranged, but when handsome Gegi returns from war, she falls in love with him and they elope. Estranged from her family, Dina has a child and is widowed. In traditional Svaneti culture, a widow must marry the first man who asks for her hand, so when Levan proposes, Dina is forced to leave her old life behind, never to see her child again. When the child falls deathly ill, Dina and Levan unite against the traditional village elders to save her.
