The drama takes place in a Lithuanian village during the post war, where some people serve Soviet occupants while others desperately try to fight for freedom, and wait for help from the West. The camera-eye of town events is the drunkard Rapolas Pulmonas, who supplies bread to the local store. He is often confronted by the KGB officer Pernaravicius and as well the Resistance Movement commander Jezus A young teacher Angele is in the center of events, she generously gives her warmth and affection to everyone. She is passionately loved by the collaborate Pernaravicius; by Jonelis Ivanovas- a decrepit Russian soldier whose life she has saved during German occupation; cherished by Jezus who later dies in her embrace; and by the underage son of the school principal as well as his father who was sent to check the morality of the beautiful teacher. The characters are overtaken by different fates: some leave Lithuania, some die a drunkard's death, some are killed. But the character of Angele lives...forgives and forgets.