From a monastery in Makarska preserving an extremely valuable shell collection, we embark underwater. We study the life of the shell named after St. Jacob. It is a shell which can even jump, but sometimes it’s still not enough to escape its sworn enemy, the red comb star.
While visiting his relatives in the city, a curious village boy sits on a motorcycle which starts right off, which causes lots of trouble to him and his parents.
Boris Buzančić plays an idealistic young doctor who is assigned a nearly deserted village. The backwards residents at first resent Buzančić's new-fangled methods. Gradually, he proves his worth and wins their confidence. The clincher comes when Buzančić rids the community of a despotic villain.
The necessity of progress and the strength of nostalgia.