Fifteen years later, Viișoara has not changed much: the shepherd remains the same lonely character, Varvara the same energetic woman caught in complicated administrative tasks, Toderaș with his palinca hidden in the barn and his fading authority, elders wise and active, young people enthusiastic—but not all of them.

The movie tells the tale of the marital crisis of Romeo and Julieta Ionescu, a crisis that can easily end with a break-up.