A comedy from the times of early socialism marked by the efforts of a dynamic industrialization of the Slovak country, Cathy tells the story of a young village girl who defies the wish of her parents and leaves for the city where she seeks work at a newly built factory manufacturing ladies’ pantyhose. After the initial confusion and minor collisions, she grows used to her new environment and the new people and the naive country girl changes into a self-confident young woman with quite new ideals about life.

A comedy about the complicated history of a red umbrella, which, according to a local legend, St. Peter used to protect the orphaned sister of the Glogová vicar in a sudden rainstorm. A few years later, Veronika is grown up into a beautiful young woman and she is courted by young promising attorney Juraj Vibra, who arrived in Glogová in search of the mysteriously lost inheritance from his long dead father. However, after falling in love with Veronika, his priorities go through a major transformation.

This film is composed of three satirical stories written by Peter Karvaš. In a very humorous and poignant way, it reveals and challenges the shortcomings of contemporary society. The three parts are connected by the motive of an approval committee that watches the film in order to issue its eventual approval or disapproval of the film´s distributions in cinemas. The committee members, who recognize themselves in the characters on the screen, voice their comments during the intermissions.