An amiable picture about entering adulthood, great dreams, and the first - forbidden - love of a white postman, Jakub, and a pretty Gypsy girl, Jolanka. This is a poetic story, a mosaic of the playful world springing from the wild imagination of the village postman and its clash with the pragmatic mundane reality that finally beats the rosy dream's of the young protagonists. Director Dusan Hanak and screenwriter Dusan Dusek's most popular film has been cherished by critics as well as wide audiences at home arid abroad.

年轻的女人回到故乡，试图寻找困扰她整个童年的答案。但当她通过自己的努力试图揭开真相时，意外发生了：古老的传说开始侵入现代的现实，当奇幻故事与现实世界的边界开始模糊，村民们转而指责她是女巫。

四零年代捷克被纳碎占领时期，艾莉卡被迫从医学院退学，转而成为市立医院的白衣天使，并且加入男友李察等人所组成的反抗军行列中。一个夜晚，一名生命垂危的病人乔沙急需输血，艾莉卡是唯一符合血型的人，两人因此结下不解之缘。好景不常，反抗军计划曝光而成为通缉对象，李察不惜远走他乡，来不及逃跑的艾莉卡，被迫藏身于乔沙安排好远离尘嚣的山间小屋，从此改头换面成为农妇汉纳，在齐勒帷过着遗世独居的生活，日复一日年复一年。