Mitu and Elena get to know each other in the course of a vodka drinking contest and discover that they are both dissatisfied with the status quo. Mitu is about to begin military service and Elena is to be married to a man she does not love. They decide they are meant for each other and plan on a different future, one that is on a collision course with the authorities, and start a mad affair.

In a small village close to the mountains, Mariana and Puiu are a young family with two children: Carmen and Mircea. One morning, the mother and the ten year-old daughter leave for Bucharest, having a hospital as their destination. One doctor alone, Sitaru, believes that Carmen, who can no longer smile, stands any chances at survival. He believes he can perform a miracle and save Carmen's life. Struggling for her daughter, abandoned by almost everybody she trusted, Mariana discovers she is pregnant. After dr. Sitaru operates on the little girl, in a risky manner, Carmen begins to feel increasingly worse. Without any hope, Mariana leaves the hospital and rushes to take Carmen home: while one life ends, another one begins to flicker.

An immature and tense teenager persistently courtes a hairdresser, but is unable to interpret her signals.

A mysterious raffia bag found by a voyeur neighbor turns out to be a shelter for a baby who seems to have been thrown into the street by his mother. Passed from one apartment to another and not warmly welcomed by either the man passionate about martial arts, the bride awaiting her tap-dancing groomsmen, or the young gum-chewing girl who is having an affair with the kung-fu neighbor, the protagonist turns out to be, in fact, the product of a social science fiction experiment.