Robert Traum comes to Romania to research the origins of his father and uncle, the famous Traum brothers: Rudolf, a famous novelist, and Samuel - once a notorious gangster in Chicago. Here, he meets Tanya, a Government archivist, and then Sami, the last surviving family friend, a cinema projectionist chased out of his old movie theatre by a greedy local politician. While Robert helps Sami win his theatre, Sami gives Robert his identity back.