After a blistering field-artillery salvo, two soldiers – Bosnian Chiki (Djuric) and Serb Nino (Bitorajac) – find themselves marooned in a trench together while another combatant lies atop a land mine that, if moved or jostled, will blow them to bits. Meanwhile, British journalist Jane Livingstone (Cartlidge) and U.N. peacekeepers observe their harrowing plight from a distance.