A children's film about an internally confused boy who has difficulty forming an emotional relationship with his father, a forest worker. He admires his skill and hard work, but at the same time is troubled by his drunkenness.

The series depicts the history of Slovak society in the first decades of our century and leaves a deep faith in humanity and the nation. It tells the life story of Pavlínka, the daughter of a laborer and innkeeper, whose fate is filled with love, social ambitions, and unfulfilled dreams, and who ultimately returns to the basics of life, to naturalness and wisdom.