一个著名的医生，同时也一位敬爱的父亲和亲爱的丈夫，突然被指控重罪。无辜的他却很难证明自己是无罪的，日复一日，换了多间牢房，他思索着他人报复的动机，看上去谎言和仇恨的真相将永远胜利，因为它们是为你和你的邻居间太危险的秘密。

奥斯卡是电视天气预报员。像许多四十岁的男人一样，他试图抵挡他的中年危机，他越来越不满意自己的婚姻与忙碌的事业。当他通过天气预报节目来调情，事情很快有了转变：奥斯卡发现自己失业了，单身了。然而，他的无忧无虑的单身汉生活 ，交错着不同年龄的情人，结果却并不如田园诗般如意。

Milan and Goran are two criminals who smuggle illegal immigrants. One night after they complete a smuggle, they discover that one of the immigrants has left a baby behind. Milan and Goran decide to sell the baby to Lubos and Eman, who are responsible for running an illegal baby adoption center. Lubos and Eman make attempts to sell the baby to Miluska and Frantisek, a barren couple.

In 1943, a childless couple, the Čížeks, decide to hide a Jewish refugee, David Wiener, the son of Čížek's former employer, in the secret pantry of their apartment. Čížek is aware of the danger into which he has brought his household and his neighbours, but he takes helping his fellow man in need for granted. But at the same time, as a largely unheroic hero, he is dying of fear. His personal situation is greatly complicated by the approaching end of the war, when he faces danger from both the Germans and his "honest" fellow Czechs...