Three family members - retired neurology chief Professor Hanko, his daughter Eva, and his son-in-law and current neurology chief Martin Boroš - wait anxiously as seven-year-old Monika undergoes emergency surgery after a hit-and-run. Though united by fear for Monika’s life, marital strife, generational conflicts, and long-held resentments strain their interactions.

An emancipated restorer restores rare castle frescoes in an ancient village with figures of ancient heroines - and one of them, Penelope, resembles an old woman who has been waiting for the return of her husband and son for forty years, who have supposedly gone to work in America.

A satirical story about a young teacher, Josefína, who resolutely embarks on a fight against a group of bricklayers who demand exorbitant prices for their dubious and poor-quality services and, under the pretext of helping, rob the inhabitants of a western Slovak village...