A WW I veteran still haunted by his time in the trenches settles in a small town to work for the railroad company. His pretty wife attracts the attention of the lonely young gravedigger.
The film adaptation of the novel of the same by Michal Viewegh. The hero of the novel is a primary school teacher with a successful writing career ahead of him who accepts well-paid employment from an entrepreneur who entrusts him with the task of making his unusual daughter "see sense".
Two pretty girls work at the Koloděj inn – the greedy Líza and the deceitful Berta. Berta has a boyfriend, the mushroom-loving Václav, who can't take his eyes off her. But that's not enough for the spiteful girl, who envies even the crumbs on Líza's plate. What happens when the handsome Mr. Jindřich, the innkeeper's son, falls in love with Líza? The original fairy tale by screenwriter Helena Sýkorová tells us with unique humor.
