AviolinistinaprovincialPolishorchestra,whosehusbandisthedirectoroftheensemble,onavisittotheUStiesupwiththeworld-renownedsymphonyconductor.Asitturnsouthewasonceinlovewithviolinistsmother.Theconductor,aslightlyunstablehypochondriac,returnstoPolandtoleadtheprovincialorchestra.Healsotriestoreviveoldloveaffairusingtheviolinistasasurrogateofhermother.Herhusbandisresentfuloftheconductorforbothpersonalandprofessionalreasons.
