During WWII, somewhere in Nazi occupied Romania, a night of comic misadventures occurs when a boy discovers a dead soldier. The German authorities demand that the criminal must be identified or the town leaders will be shot the following morning. In their desperation, led by Father Johanis, (Harvey Keitel "Reservoir Dogs," "Pulp Fiction") their salvation comes by convincing the town fool, Ipu, (Grard Depardieu, "Life of Pi") to agree to confess and save them all with his sacrifice. The comedy and darker sides of human nature race toward the deadline where one cannot help but wonder who, in fact, is the actual fool?