A young woman is accused of “Immorality” (aka prostitution) and she is sent for re-education to work on a construction site.

The movie details the struggle of Iancu Jianu as he’s torn between joining the struggle of the poor peasants from which he came from and being on the other side…

Together with Mereanu, Jianu plots to overthrow the Phanariot regime. Saved by Tincuta, who takes him as her husband, and forgiven, as the custom of the land and the people…