Artist BedÅ?ich Mára (Bolek Polivka) is unable to find much secure work due to his public antagonism toward the ruling Communist Party. He has a wife and two children. Life begins to change when art historian Alois Fábera (JiÅ?i Pecha) begins working on a piece about BedÅ?ich, leading to a job offer from a Party official. Things are looking up, until the wrong people hear portions of the historian's writing.