La ciudad inglesa de Kingsbridge se esfuerza por sobrevivir mientras el rey lleva a la nación a la Guerra de los Cien Años con Francia y Europa se enfrenta al estallido de la peste negra.
Iveta, una joven de 18 años de un pequeño pueblo del este de Eslovaquia, se adentra en el gran mundo del modelaje. En su camino se encuentra con grandes problemas, nuevos amigos, pero también con Dios.
The man "in his best years" (Zdenek Sverák) attracts a new young female employee (Ivona Krajcovicová). However, their relationship will soon begin to threaten his marriage and his position in the enterprise.
A group of Martin furnaces' operators do their best to save the life of their seriously injured friend. In these crucial moments the real character qualities of his co-workers are exposed as well as the emotional and family problems of his own.
Engineer Demjan was just released from prison where he served time for accidentally killing a woman in a car crash. But his life has changed - his wife is having an affair, he is unable to get his old job back and people despise him.
The story takes place on the outskirts of Slovakia, "east of paradise". The humanly proud and cowardly protagonist, punished with involuntary imprisonment, returns through the infamous Roma "reservation"
