One morning, somewhere in an isolated Romanian village, a boy wakes up his father to go into town. His father has promised that they’ll go to have their old TV set repaired. The village is not only remote, but a long way from life as most people know it in the twenty first century; if it rains, water floods the house and in order to cross the river, one has to improvise a foot bridge. After they reach town, the father and his son go to a specialist, Bichescu, who repairs their TV set and they both return happily home. The child even manages to get home in time to watch his favourite film ...