In a textile factory, the cultural supervisor falls in love with a typist. To impress her, he pretends to be friends with a famous composer whose operetta was to be performed by the company's artistic brigade. However, the typist, an uneducated woman, sees him only as a means to become the protected one of an influential person.

During the Second World War, a writer meets two young people, a girl and a boy, who are doing actions to undermine the fascist regime in power.

Crișan and Cicea, two recently released prisoniers, are trying to reintegrate into a society which proves to be a hostile environment.

An untalented writer’s attempts to craft a “lifelike” screenplay result in a run-of-the-mill policier.