It′s tough to have a famous daddy. 19 year old GRIG is the son of an enormously popular Romanian actor at the beginning of the past century. But his own record is somewhat disappointing… Too short for the stage, too shy with women, too excessive in his lifestyle, he is about to make the ultimate mistake, the unforgivable thing in the eyes of the father: direct a moving picture! He wants it to be the biggest, the longest, the most spectacular ever. He will re-enact the war with the Turks that led to Romania’s independence in 1877. Crazy patron of the arts LEON, the country′s most flamboyant and eccentric landowner becomes Grig′s financier. Successively he also turns into his protector, his teacher, his substitute father, his traitorous partner and his lifelong enemy. But will GAUMONDE, the French company which controls almost all European film markets accept an independent production going over its head? And if so, will this victory earn Grig his father′s respect? A (partially) true story.