Svetat e golyam i spasenie debne otvsyakade

Socialist Bulgaria, September 1976. In a caffe, a gambling den, Bai Dan is playing the game of his life. He throws a winning combination and is crowned king of backgammon. In the maternity ward his grandson Aleks draws his first breath. In the early eighties Dan’s daughter Jana, her husband Vasko and son Aleks flee to Germany. We return to the present, it is 2006. The 30-year old Aleks and his now elderly parents travel to Bulgaria. In a God-forsaken town, Dan prepare excitedly for their children's visit But instead of a happy reunion, the phone rings and their world caves in. Vasko and Jana have been killed in a car accident; Aleks is in the hospital. Dan travels to Germany. In the hospital, Aleks doesn't recognize his granddad. He’s lost his memory in the accident, and the doctors think he may never recover. He starts playing backgammon with his grandson. As he teaches him the secrets of the game, he also imparts his ideas about life: how to overcome despair and weariness; how to take destiny into your own hands. Granddad Dan takes Aleks out of hospital and they set off for Bulgaria. On this journey, which is also a journey back to the past, Aleks gets his memory back, and with it, the will to live life.