The story of an impossible love: doctor Emil Codrescu is reunited 20 years later with Adela, the one he had only known as a young girl. The two fall in love, but circumstances and hesitation prevent them from getting closer.
In 18th century Hapsburg ruled Transilvania the Romanian shepherds from the village of Vlașini face the oppression and injustice of imperial authorities, being forced to flee from their place of birth or pay tribute to the Germans of Hermannstadt for grazing sheep on their own pastures.
Nicolae (George Motoi), the intelectual descendant of Moromete family, former communist apparatchik in the 50s, becomes a horticultor due to a political error, and refuses to have any social life, even if he is unhappy with his inactivity. The death of his partner makes him respond to the overtures of his old comrades. Based on the eponymous novel by Marin Preda.
Деревенский парень Фэницэ четыре года не был в родной деревне, занимаясь в городе «свободной коммерцией». Теперь, вернувшись домой, он хочет продолжать свое занятие, хотя с первых же шагов его поиски легкого заработка были осмеяны всеми честными тружениками села. После ряда забавных приключений, под влиянием любимой девушки Лиорики Фэницэ находит достойное применение своей энергии, предприимчивости и работоспособности.
