Waiting for the rain that never comes, two peasants, father and son, plough the dry land with a horse-drawn plough. The father decides to dig a well, for which he will pay a heavy price.
After Romania changed alliances in August 23rd, 1944, a group of soldiers have the mission to stop a military train.
Two young men and a girl, in a triangle that is a symbol of the social life of those times.
In August 1944 Romania, a group of telephone operators are caught in the events in a new center placed in a forest to evade bombardment.
Cristina, a girl from a well situated family, falls in love with a young working man, who manages to get into college.
A young prosecutor refuses to take the easy way out of an investigation that involves a young man.
A woman in a village tries to break up her son and his girlfriend. He asks for help a local cult leader. He tells her to use some specially prepared wine.