From the moment that Gjorgs brother is killed by a neighbour, his own life is forfeit: for the Kanun, the code of the blood feud that operates in the Albanian mountains, requires Gjorg to kill his brothers murderer and then in turn to become an outcast to be hunted down by the new victims family. After lying in ambush and shooting his brothers killer, young Gjorg is entitled to thirty days grace - not enough to see out the month of April. While the rites of death, bereavement, mourning and vengeance are fulfilled with traditional solemnity in the village, a visiting honeymoon couple, traveling to learn about the ways of the mountain folk, cross the path of the fugitive. The brides heart goes out to Gjorg, and even these civilised strangers from the city risk becoming embroiled in the fatal mechanism of vendetta.