Milan, a successful company director, is replaced, and he decides to find out why.

The city of Maribor before the Second World War, and Maribor after its liberation mark the period in which the film Cafe Astoria is set. The story relates with a gentle melancholy and a slight irony the lives of a middle-class family: the cafe owner, his wife and their son. Through their individual destinies we become acquainted with the social and historical background of a by-gone era; the soc...

The story of Marija who finished 5th grade at the age of 41 proves it is never too late to get an education. Because of some unfortunate circumstances she had to drop from school after the 4th grade and get a job in the nearest factory. Soon she was promoted into department manager, some workers were envious saying she has no education and that encouraged her return to school.