34 year old Bálint Szentesi does the seemingly superficial job of communication training during the daytime and dutifully spends time with his pregnant wife in the evening. One day, he finds a piece of paper with his handwriting in his basement.

Hungary, 1948. The Stalinist regime is settling in on the ruins of the war. A young woman meets a stranger in an elevator. She recognizes him from another life, and soon has to make a complicated decision.

Eighteen year old Ida returns home after being raised by nuns, but her father isn't too pleased. Determined to see her married, he publishes an ad and offers suitors a generous dowry.