Inhabitants of a small village in Hungary deal with the effects of the fall of Communism. The town's source of revenue, a factory, has closed, and the locals, who include a doctor and three couples, await a cash payment offered in the wake of the shuttering. Irimias, a villager thought to be dead, returns and, unbeknownst to the locals, is a police informant. In a scheme, he persuades the villagers to form a commune with him.

Work begins in the industrial plant of the Pantotechnicon Works tomorrow. The machine will only work perfectly if every part is in the right place. But is it? Mr. Lux has his qualms about it.