薇拉，一个典型的家庭主妇，生活里只有丈夫和小孩，但渐渐地她开始感到窒息难耐，她想要一些改变，于是展开了一段婚外情。伊娃，一个顶尖的体操明星选手，她牺牲了自己的私生活和消遣，把全副精神都摆在事业上，但是她却一心梦想只要赢得最后胜利，她就要好好地补偿自己。两个个性、生活样貌截然不同的女人，却都企图冲破现实的藩篱……

Zofie and Dominika, two girls of very different temperaments, become friends during hop-picking volunteer work in the summer. Zofie (Jaroslava Schallerová) is serious to the point of reticence and she is delighted with her friendship with Dominika. For the self-assured and superficial Dominika (Irena Svárová) the whole thing is just a momentary whim. When she leaves the work camp before everybody else, she doesn't even say goodbye to Zofie. The two girls meet again after the holidays as first-year students at medical school, and become close again during the nursing techniques class.

A poor miner, Kuba Dařbuján, cares for his wife Markýtka and eleven children. When a newborn arrives, he seeks a godfather and, finding only Death fair to all, accepts a pact: as a doctor whom Death accompanies at the foot of a patient’s bed, he can heal; but if Death stands at the head, no cure is possible. Kuba eventually heals even a miserly brewer, violating the pact and imprisoning Death, leading to a world where no one can die and unforeseen chaos follows.