Set in a remote mountain village in Herzegovina shortly after World War II, the community is defined by isolation as women and children await the return of men from the front. With limited local prospects, some villagers attempt to emigrate to America for work, while a bitter rivalry unfolds between two men competing for the affection of a local woman.

Professor Herceg struggling with difficulties, it is not easy to determine how students conveyed knowledge, and even harder to avoid the hatred of the disciples, and sympathy for the students. Arrival of television in school, a poll about the new school, students' imaginations and similar conditions will not relieve his problem.