The story of Lament is a communal drama set in a fictional era of WW1. It follows a tale of a mother's ghost facing the horrors of war that her own children brought over their own homeland. The main inspiration for the film is music and its importance in the sense of identity and culture. The twin brothers and their armies are presented as beastly monsters with a disharmony of static noise and male choir. In contrast, the harmonious, orchestral music with choir and female soloist represents the mother and the fallen civilians.