20세기 초 체코슬로바키아, 약초로 사람을 치유하는 기적 같은 의술을 가진 얀 미콜라섹. 공인 약초 전문가로 불리는 그는 타고난 재능과 뛰어난 실력으로 곧 유명해지고, 하루에도 수백 명의 환자들을 치료하며 부와 명성을 얻게 된다. 얼마 후, 정권이 교체되고 온갖 훼방으로 모든 걸 잃을 위기에 놓인 그는 수많은 난관을 겪게 되는데…
Adam had his life ahead of him; all that was left was to finish his exams and apply to university. To fight off boredom and to feel relaxed and funny, he turned to alcohol. Then came the trouble. Now at a rehabilitation centre for alcoholics, he initially defies the strict regime here. His views of the treatment and himself change only thanks to an empathetic therapist. The inhospitable environment becomes a place of self-reflection on an event that irreversibly changed Adam's life.
Happiness is often found unexpectedly, so what? A lesbian couple raise their two children in perfect harmony when a man from the past intervenes. Violent psychopath demands the custody of his daughter, while his ex-wife suffers his terror. Two teenagers simply run away and a devout man does not have the strength to protect his love.
