Waiting for the rain that never comes, two peasants, father and son, plough the dry land with a horse-drawn plough. The father decides to dig a well, for which he will pay a heavy price.

Cristina, a girl from a well situated family, falls in love with a young working man, who manages to get into college.

A woman in a village tries to break up her son and his girlfriend. He asks for help a local cult leader. He tells her to use some specially prepared wine.

A young prosecutor refuses to take the easy way out of an investigation that involves a young man.

Mihu and Filimon, two friends, are in love with the same girl, Carolina. Their rivalry takes the form of a bet. The girl knows that she is the one who must choose, and she hesitates to do so because she loves them both for purely emotional reasons.

After Romania changed alliances in August 23rd, 1944, a group of soldiers have the mission to stop a military train.

In August 1944 Romania, a group of telephone operators are caught in the events in a new center placed in a forest to evade bombardment.