Kati Sír

19세기 동유럽의 작은 항구 마을. 9살 소녀 ‘라우린’은 아빠(아르네), 엄마(플로라), 할머니(올가) 와 함께 숲 속 오두막집에서 살고 있다. 선원인 아빠는 한번 집을 나서면 길게는 반년 동안 배를 탄다 아빠가 배를 타던 날, 엄마는 아빠를 배웅하고 돌아오던 길에 살인 사건을 목격한 후 그만 다리에서 떨어져 익사하고 만다 사고가 있은지 2년 후 할머니 올가는 아들이 바다로 떠나면 늙고 몸 불편한 내가 어린 라우린을 돌봐야 한다며 불안해한다 이제 배는 그만 타라는 할머니의 당부를 아빠는 무시하고 다시 떠나간다 라우린은 할머니와 단둘이 남게 되었다 아빠의 부재와 엄마의 죽음으로 라우린은 혼란스런 사춘기를 보내고 있다 한편 마을 목사 아들인 ‘반 리스’가 2년 만에 고향에 돌아와 초등학교 교사로 부임하게 된다 어려운 형편인 자신을 도와줘서일까? 라우린은 새로 부임한 선생님에게 호감을 느낀다 그러던 어느 날 라우린의 친구 스테판이 실종되면서 2년 전에 있었던 소년 실종사건의 악몽이 되살아난다

Blind luck ties the fate of two people together.

Three generations live side by side. The wilful, jack-in-all-pots grandmother blackmails the family with fake faintings, while grandpa suffers from cerebral sclerosis. Mother manages a fashionable hotel, she needs to look smart and unyielding, even when their weird uncle drives into the restaurant drunk. Father is an introverted, solitary teacher, who from time to time turns the home inside out in pursuit of his hobby, i.e. topography, and his mental balance. Suddenly unexpected things come to light about their teen-age daughter, Juli.

During the rising of nazism, Sylvia, a rich but sterile woman, needs an heir to inherit her father's money. So she bribes Irene, a Jewish girl, to have a child by her husband.

Dangerous spies act as representatives of an international recording company to get important plans from the father of an aspiring composer.

The head of the nunnery is dying, and the members are divided in two groups as the election of the new head approaches. Led by Virginia, the younger nuns stand up for changing the strict religious dogmas and would like a modern school with genuine science, a bathroom to be built, and a freer spirit. Their candidate is sister Magdolna, who went to secular universities, too. The seminarists, led by Király Erzsi, also rebel against the older nuns' strict discipline and the depressed atmosphere of the institution. However, Magdolna does not want to stay involved in the fight because she is deterred by Virginia's sinful attraction towards her and the tools Virginia is using to gain victory at any price.

Savanyú and his friend work at a plant. After the monotonous shifts they engage in the pleasures of the afternoon and the night, i.e. parties and concerts. Savanyú dates Juli, they are already engaged. The young men live as sub-tenants, the young women in workers' hostels. None of these places are suited for spending time together. They are in need of an apartment. Out of the ruinous apartment which they lay siege on, however, they are sent away by the otherwise friendly policeman. At a concert held in the Park of Youth, Juli gets to know Géza. They flirt, then go to the country with a pop-group. Savanyú and his friends follow them. A minor fight cools the atmosphere.