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In a Bucharest neighborhood, Guard captain Dumitrache mistakes law clerk Rică Venturiano for a man pursuing his wife Veta, unaware that Venturiano has entered the wrong house while courting her sister Zița. As the household chases him through the night, the secret affair between Veta and Dumitrache’s assistant Chiriac is exposed to the audience, while Dumitrache remains largely oblivious.
During a provincial election, a love letter from prefect Tipătescu to Zoe is stolen and used by opposition candidate Cațavencu to demand the party nomination. The letter changes hands amid arrests and a chaotic campaign meeting; when Cațavencu loses it again, the party's chosen candidate from the capital wins, and the letter is ultimately returned.
In a Bucharest neighborhood, Guard captain Dumitrache mistakes law clerk Rică Venturiano for a man pursuing his wife Veta, unaware that Venturiano has entered the wrong house while courting her sister Zița. As the household chases him through the night, the secret affair between Veta and Dumitrache’s assistant Chiriac is exposed to the audience, while Dumitrache remains largely oblivious.
During a provincial election, a love letter from prefect Tipătescu to Zoe is stolen and used by opposition candidate Cațavencu to demand the party nomination. The letter changes hands amid arrests and a chaotic campaign meeting; when Cațavencu loses it again, the party's chosen candidate from the capital wins, and the letter is ultimately returned.