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In a small town in Nazi-occupied Slovakia during World War II, decent but timid carpenter Tono is named "Aryan comptroller" of a button store owned by an old Jewish widow, Rozalie. Since the post comes with a salary and standing in the town's corrupt hierarchy, Tono wrestles with greed and guilt as he and Rozalie gradually befriend each other. When the authorities order all Jews in town to be rounded up, Tono faces a moral dilemma unlike any he's known before.

Occupied Slovakia provides a claustrophobic backdrop where a simple carpenter must navigate the moral rot of a town fueled by wartime opportunism. This quiet struggle between a man's growing bank account and his dwindling conscience hits harder than any grand spectacle.

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