Un petit malfrat est dépassé par les événements lorsqu'il tente de payer ses dettes en mariant son fils à la soeur d'un gangster gênant.
Matko is a small time hustler, living by the river Danube with his 17 year old son Zare. After a failed business deal he owes money to the much more successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister, Afrodita, that he desperately wants to see get married so they strike a deal: Zare is to marry her. But none of the two care much for an arranged marriage: Zare is in love with Ida, Afrodita is waiting for the man of her dreams. —Mattias Thuresson