An ex-prostitute, now a washerwoman, asks for a pension for her previous "employment", which socialism, with its human principles, does not disapprove. To realize her right, she needs two witnesses, and she has many more. But none of them will testify. A whole society shows its selfishness, false morality, prejudice. She dies without realizing her great wish.

A psychological drama about loneliness. The story takes place in a small seaside town, but it could have taken place anywhere else, where the customs of carnival festivities are cherished. Carnival is a time when people's wishes come true in a certain way and when everything is a bit surreal. An old sailor and his wife live out their last days alone. The world of unfulfilled wishes has become so close to them that it seems as if they have already experienced them all...