A drama of a family whose members pay the price for their desire for material well-being.
The film is based on Martin Kukučín's autobiographical novel of the same name. The story tells the story of Miška Jahoda and Ferko Putoris, students of the Revuka Gymnasium, who, while tutoring their teacher's spoiled son Petko Zvarina, fall in love with his sister Elena.
Vlado has just passed his high school diploma and is starting a job as a home tutor in the family of a big businessman. He finds himself in a very difficult turning point in 1947-48. He does not understand much of what is happening around him. He constantly experiences emotional confusion, comes into conflict with his conscience and finally has to decide between love and reason...
