Beautiful but ailing girl is married to a harsh man who doesn't care for her. Only after she dies does he realize that he actually loves her.
The adaptation of Hans Cristian Andersen's tale filmed on a white background. It is also the first Croatian movie in color.
In an island town, a professor pensioned before his time, together with his wife, takes care of the hundred year old Maddona Makantuna, a dispossessed land owner.
The funeral in his native village evokes the main character's reminiscences from the childhood, but the bygone time exist only in his memories.
After writing a book about life after death, a cardiologist experiences a heart attack while jogging, exactly the same thing he wrote about in his book. After that, he meets beautiful and mysterious woman.