A nonconformist engineer challenges some stereotypical negative communist characters.
A director of a shipyard abusively fires a foreman who has opposing ideas.
Ruxandra, a young woman just out of school, decides to become an actress, convinced that personal charm can keep instead of talent.
A young engineer arrives for a short time in Bucharest, where he reconnects with the girl that he loves since college. They get married, and she sacrifices her career to follow him to a big project away.