Based on the story of the same name by Marin Preda. The movie tells about the struggle of poor peasants against the rural rich for the creation of collective farming.

Family conflicts in the times of communist collectivization.

Based on a story by A. Lungu. Returning from a business trip, Andrei hurries to meet his beloved wife. But everyone he asks about his wife's whereabouts replies, "She left with the new agronomist." Andrei is tormented by jealousy, but it soon becomes clear that the new agronomist is a woman.