Lebanon, 1982. To keep a promise made to an old friend, Georges, an idealistic theater director, travels to Beirut for a project as utopian as it is risky: staging the play Antigone on the front line in order to steal a moment of peace from the raging civil war. The characters are to be played by actors from various political and religious camps. Lost in a city and a conflict he knows nothing about, Georges is guided by Marwan. As fighting resumes, everything is called into question, and Georges has to face up to the reality of war.