Nuclear energy once seemed doomed after disasters such as Chernobyl and Fukushima. But challenges like the climate crisis and Russia’s war against Ukraine have led many to reconsider that view. The question of energy’s future is about far more than where tomorrow’s electricity will come from. It is part of a dramatic chess game with global and unpredictable consequences.

At the heart of this game are two small European towns, each with barely a thousand inhabitants. What do the people who live there think? A warm-hearted film that touches upon major themes of science, geopolitics, and—ultimately—the future of our planet.