Honza, an aimless college dropout, takes a job as a train conductor only to find himself distracted by the advances of three very different women. What begins as a playful, risqué comedy gradually reveals itself as a sharp satire of bureaucratic life. Renowned Czech filmmaker Věra Chytilová (Daisies), long known for challenging authority, uses Honza’s misadventures as a witty, subversive reflection on self-discovery and the absurdities of Czechoslovakia’s “normalisation” era.