A story set during the peasant uprising of 1923 in Bulgaria.
The rich and grasping peasant Enya likes the beautiful Tsveta. He is engaged to her with the consent of his elder brother Ivan and his wife Ana. Stanka is a sick, hunchbacked girl, but her father is the richest man in the village. Stanka is secretly in love with Enya. Enyu is obsessed with thoughts about the earth.
In the late 18 century, Bulgaria is under Ottoman rule. Strahil is the leader of a rebel band.
