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As political authority shifts in Bácska after the war, Irina, the wife of a Serbian landowner, and her husband’s Hungarian friend, a chief magistrate, confront a long-suppressed mutual love amid divided loyalties and upheaval.
In an aristocratic Transylvanian country house, a young count’s encounter with a maid’s fiancé sparks a scandal; the count’s uncle resolves the household entanglements by marrying the young man’s intended bride, while the count turns to a widowed guest.
At a bridge party, Eva is falsely accused of cheating and expelled by the wealthy Renée, who then tries to seduce Eva’s husband. Though he loves his wife, he is tempted by the flirtation, until the couple reject the circle’s intrigues and emigrate to Java.
In 1935 Budapest, longtime company accountant Virág is slapped at work by Pali, the boss’s nephew, after their interests collide around secretary Gizike. Humiliated, Virág returns to his ordinary office life, where his daughter Baba’s arrival changes the balance of the romantic triangle and forces the men to settle the affair of honor.
As political authority shifts in Bácska after the war, Irina, the wife of a Serbian landowner, and her husband’s Hungarian friend, a chief magistrate, confront a long-suppressed mutual love amid divided loyalties and upheaval.
In an aristocratic Transylvanian country house, a young count’s encounter with a maid’s fiancé sparks a scandal; the count’s uncle resolves the household entanglements by marrying the young man’s intended bride, while the count turns to a widowed guest.
At a bridge party, Eva is falsely accused of cheating and expelled by the wealthy Renée, who then tries to seduce Eva’s husband. Though he loves his wife, he is tempted by the flirtation, until the couple reject the circle’s intrigues and emigrate to Java.
In 1935 Budapest, longtime company accountant Virág is slapped at work by Pali, the boss’s nephew, after their interests collide around secretary Gizike. Humiliated, Virág returns to his ordinary office life, where his daughter Baba’s arrival changes the balance of the romantic triangle and forces the men to settle the affair of honor.