Jasmin, a once successful actor in pre-war Bosnia, now living in subsidized housing in Toronto with his second wife and 10 year-old son is struggling to reinvigorate his acting career. He juggles a construction job and busy audition schedule, while secretly plotting to return to his native country. But when he's cast in a role that triggers memories of the Bosnian war, and outside pressures begin to mount, Jasmin is forced to confront his own mortality.