简介：Pranas,nowacelebritysinger,returnstohishomelandfromabigcity.HeisgreetedattheairportanddriventohisnativevillagebyachildhoodfriendJonas,whoworksthereasadoctor.Pranas’parentsstillliveinahugearchaicredbrickmansion,whichstandsoutagainstthestandardbuildingsofasovietsettlement.Theirlifeisquitetough–theyarenotcapableoftakingcareofthemselvesandtheyareconstantlygrumblingaboutit,buttheystillworryabouteachanother.Pranasstartsreconstructingthehouse.Heemptiestheatticandalterstherooms–a‘catastrophe’,inhisfather’seyes.TheprosperousvillagegovernedbyMr.Ačas,whomeverybodycalls‘thepresident’,isoftenvisitedbystrange‘visitorsfromthecapital’whohavetobenicelyhosted.Mr.Ačas’wifeRožėisboredbyherhusband’sroutineandingenuouslyenvieshimhisnewoffice-girl,thestrugglingbutostentatiouslyindependentInga,andinventsastoryofherownnewloveforthedoctorJonas.Oneday,duringaturmoilcausedinthevillagebyarabiddog,Pranas’fatherslipsoutofthehouse……