A group of Dalmatian guest workers from Germany come to their native town on Easter holidays. They usually spend time in a local pub playing cards, drinking and yelling. Jure is the most successful and bragging among them, while Klempo is considered poorest since he didn't built the house or bought...
After getting into conflict with the head of the construction company, the party secretary and even majority of his fellow workers who took the management’s side, Perisa writes a letter to the Central Committee asking for his labor rights. Just before the arrival of the press, an accident occurs.
The father dreams that at least his son Grga will return from Germany to his homeland because his second son is an employed Party member, lives in the city, and tries to push through some new projects in his village which traditional environment is opposed to.
Luka Šušmek, a servant, daily laborer and a bit of a vagabond, makes his way through life with his favorite phrase – “either we are, or we are not”, but it causes nothing but troubles to him.