A satire on the trading system in People's Poland. A husband and wife watch a TV commercial for a cake that can be made and baked very quickly. The wife dreams of a new stove, while the husband dreams of something sweet, so he goes to town to buy ingredients for the cake.
A woman is tormented by dreams that she is the reincarnation of a dead countess. Her father, trying to get her to stop the dreams, takes her to a village near the castle of the late countess.
Returning from Switzerland, a young investigator meets María, his father's new wife. They immediately feel an irresistible attraction, which he tries to overcome by mixing it up with another woman.