布鲁诺和米雷拉于1989年结婚，住在一个美丽的小镇皮昂比诺。过了一段时间，布鲁诺被解雇了，而布鲁内拉则与当地电视偶像格里·福莫交往。当她意识到布鲁诺无法忍受领取救济金时，她后悔了，想离开格里。为时已晚：布鲁诺已经发现了一切，并要求她离开。过了一会儿，他们又开始了另一段时间，但他们很快意识到他们的爱情故事已经结束了。米雷拉回到父母家，开始在幼儿园工作，而布鲁诺则在当地海滩找到了一份工作。两人开始交换书信。

An engineer and his wife move to Zenica where the construction of the first plants is taking place, during highly progressive industrialization of the country. Her dreams are not in accordance with the reality, which makes their marriage impossible to function.

Roma, Stach and Chudy work illegally in the grounds of a declining steelworks. Roma is in the throes of a burning romance and decides to leave the job, seeing his new feelings as an excuse for changing his life. His friends aim to dissuade him. After a long day ay work, they visit his significant other and one of the many versions of the tale of Cain and Abel unfolds.