A film with emphasis on visuals and music, the plot concerns characters who meet in present time, mainly the male Romani people Jesus, and the female thief and Confidence trick Odona, who share parallel experiences from lives 2000 years in the past.<ref name=bfk>bergen-filmklubb.no [http://www.bergen-filmklubb.no/Arkiv/CINEMATEKET_USF/vaaren_2004/EN_VAKKER_HISTORIE.html En vakker historie] </ref> These stories are juxtaposed.