Under an Eastern European totalitarian regime, a prominent dissident writer survives repression by resuming a submissive sexual relationship with her former lover. After their split-up years ago, he had joined the Secret Police in order just to take her back and provide the protection she needed....
In a forgotten village with lazy people and corrupt leadership, Pacoste must suffer for a mistake made in his past. His only friend is a young boy who finds in him a father figure.
Robert is a complete loser. He wants nothing from life except one thing; to have enough courage to kill himself. But one day everything changes, because Robert saved a man's life.
A young woman, Ioana, appears in a commercial for adolescents and her family is scandalized because of the erotic content. She leaves home and tries to take life on her own. Ioana realizes that she has become a small celebrity, with the status and benefits, but placed in inconvenient situations.