At Sarajevo's historic Hotel Europa, several characters converge as they gear up to commemorate the anniversary of the event that sparked WWI. As the manager prepares for the event, his unpaid workers gear up for a strike, a French diplomat puts together a speech, and a reporter conducts interviews.
The manager of Europe, one of the biggest hotels, awaits an important guest on the anniversary of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, which triggered WWI, which is the day everyone at the hotel remembers.