In the mid-1930, the Moromete family from a village in Romania leads a troubled existence. Although he had acquired land after the First World War and now has 14 acres, 24 sheep and a two-horse cart, Ilie Moromete, the head of the family, has problems paying the debts to the bank and the tax on the land. His family is large. There is some tension in the family caused by Ilie's sister, Maria. Faced with the prospect of losing his land for which he has worked so hard, Ilie agrees to send a son with the sheep to Bucharest on the condition that he sends him money with which to pay the debt to the bank. However, his boys agree among themselves that they'll run away to Bucharest with the two horses before the start of the harvest.

DVD-R is in Romanian with switchable English subtitles. Approx. 141 mins. See film sample for audio and video quality!