Though firmly anti-Serb and anti-war, the film reads as ultimately misogynistic.
Ranka eventually outs the gay men to Milan's father, while Milan is drafted into the Serbian army and killed. These two men barely kiss onscreen, though Kenan, who is bisexual, is shown having sex at least twice with Ranka, the village prostitute. The pair escape to Milan's village, where the disguise is maintained through a traditional wedding. A gay male couple in Sarajevo, Kenan, a Bosnian, and Milan, a Serb, plan to emigrate to the gay-friendly Netherlands, but the war strands them in Serb-controlled territory, and Kenan adopts female drag to avoid being found out as a circumcised Muslim.
