Dir.: Bence Gyöngyössy; Script: Bence Gyöngyössy Scén./Script: András Nagy, Bence Gyöngyössy; Phot.: Tamás Sas; Ed.: Mária Nagy; Mus.: Ferenc Kiss; Cast: Djoko Rossich, Mihály Szabados, Silvia Pincu, Diliana Dimitrova, Violeta Koleva, János Derzsi, Sámi Osman, Umer Dzsemaili, Piroska Molnár, Bertalan Bagó, Dorka Gryllus, Géza Kaszás, János Puporka; Prod.: Barna Kabay, Macropus Film OHG, Film-und Fernsehproduktion, Brüsselerstrasse 26, 50674 Cologne (Allemagne), tél.: (49) 8151 3551, fax: (49) 8151 28544; Sales: Exportfilm Bischoff & Co., GmbH, Isabellastrasse 20, 80798 Munich (Allemagne), tél.: (89) 272 93 60, fax: (89) 272 93636 .

Lovér is a proud old man who has lived his entire life in a small Gypsy settlement in northern Hungary. When these old, "unhealthy" settlements are dismantled by the state, Lovér is the only one of the Gypsies who does not accept the community's destruction. He comes into conflict with the authorities and, in the course of a heated argument, stabs the council representative. He refuses even to accept the money offered him for the construction of a new home, but, instead, divides it among his daughters. When Sarolta, his youngest daughter, doesn't demonstrate sufficient love for him, Lovér's vanity is wounded. He expels her and dispossesses her of her inheritance. When the settlement is finally razed, Lovér sets out on the road. The only "memento" he takes along is Tamáska, the local simpleton, a mute, balding "fool" whom the other Gypsies had forgotten amid the ruins. Tamáska communicates through music; he expresses all his feelings, all his joy and pain, on the violin. Lovér and Tamáska travel the country by train. Lovér is driven not only by his ancient instinct to wander, but also by the need to reckon with his life's two great sins before his death: his expulsion of Sarolta and a murder he once committed. Eventually, after a lengthy peregrination, Lovér meets up with his two eldest daughters. He has trouble recognizing what they've become. Kukunda, the middle daughter, views her Gypsy heritage with embarrassment and has tried to integrate herself into the society of her village. Ilka, the eldest, lives with her husband outside the law and outside what Lovér had always considered basic and essential: decency. Lovér's quest continues.