The story of Eman Diblínek, who would like to have a romantic and, above all, extramarital affair with a typist named Heda, so he asks his friend, the writer Arnošt, to lend him his apartment. Arnošt is "coincidentally" leaving his apartment permanently, so he lets Eman use it, which sets off a series of humorous and romantic misunderstandings that Arnošt could not have imagined even in his novels.

A tragicomic story about Michal, an introverted cashier who falls in love with a girl from a nearby flower shop, but his shy nature prevents him from making the first move. The tragicomic nature of Michal's story, in which fate and society constantly throw obstacles in his path, is further enhanced by his eccentric father and Michal's boss. Free Fall shows that being empathetic, kind, and accommodating does not necessarily mean being successful and popular.

At the end of the 1960s, when the air is filled with rock-and-roll and student rebellions are changing the world, the older of two brothers joins a prestigious newsroom of the public radio broadcaster. Not long after, he finds himself in the middle of a dangerous conflict between journalists and the secret service.