Two families, Sebkovi and Krausovi, are celebrating christmas, but not everyone is in a good mood. Teenage kids think their fathers are totaly stupid, fathers are sure their children are nothing more than rebels, hating anything they say.
A nurse is part of the resistance in 1940s Czech Republic. She is discovered and must find a place to hide. A patient whose life she saved, from a remote mountain village where time stopped 150 years ago, agrees to hide her as his wife.
Multiple story lines include: A family tries to reconcile again and again; an irresponsible piper discovers paternal and partner responsibility; a happily married couple encounters a refugee from a children's home; a self-confident manager finds introducing his soulmate to his parents is a nightmare for him; two lonely people who have already given up on happiness might get one more chance.