Mihály Ráday

強風が吹き荒れる中、農夫（デルジ・ヤーノシュ）は、馬に荷車を引かせている。彼の家は見渡す限り何もない場所にぽつんと一本の木が立つ場所にあり、彼は娘（ボーク・エリカ）と二人でつつましい生活を送っていた。娘は井戸への水くみや、腕が不自由な父の着替えの手伝いなどを淡々とこなしており……。

1942. Owing to a stolen mink coat, Süti, the young poet and journalist, gets acquainted with Katalin, the idolated singer. Before being drafted to labour service, he shows the actress the song he composed for her, entitled Smouldering Cigarette.

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.