Balaban, a soldier in the Janissary army, settles in Moena in northern Italy after the Battle of Vienna in 1683 and fights for the rights of the local people.
The series is the story of Zeleni odsev (The Green Reflection), a local TV station in Cerknica, following the arrival of Renato, hired to host a new youth show. It is told through the footage taken by students with hand-held cameras.