The story of James Garfield, who rose from obscurity to become America's 20th President — and Charles Guiteau, the man who assassinated him.

Some wounds never heal. In a rundown East European town, the everyday lives of three working people are violently disrupted: a boy goes missing, a woman is stalked, and a man comes face to face with the killer of his child.

A theater director tries to put on a play with real underprivileged Roma people about their lives but, feeling advantage of, the actors leave the troupe to gain a new consciousness.