Today’s Afghanistan exists in a void, set in between two eras. 23 years of war is over. Their first democratic election took place on October 9th, 2004, after a two-year interim administration led by the USA-friendly Hamid Karzai. But when the battle between internal and external enemies is more or less brought to an end, how do define yourself positively: as a nation, as a culture, as a people? Which ideas shall the future be based on? Which stories and common beliefs can hold the people together? Where can they find their role models? And how can the traumas of war be overcome? The film presents three persons who approach these questions in different ways.