Poachers

The thirty-year old tractor-driver Cyril Spurný lives in a small house with his mother. His father almost shot him dead by mistake when they were poaching together during his childhood. Cyril gets rid of his eternally drunk co-driver, who is replaced by Františka, a young woman from a town who herself asked for the hard job because of the good pay. The tractor-driver rudely manifests his dissatisfaction with her. He shows her how he poaches with his dog. Cyril's father left for the United States years ago and his mother vainly conceals the visits of her lover - a leather purchasing agent. The young man hates the leatherman and is bloody-minded towards him. Cyril is in a serious relationship with a student, Hedvika. But her father guards her so strictly that the relationship is almost platonic. Cyril's father returns in an expensive car after many years. He thinks that everything can soon return to the old track, leaves the hotel and moves back into the house. When Cyril asks for Hedvika's hand, it turns out that the girl secretly underwent an abortion because she got pregnant by another man. Cyril's colleague Františka can see that Cyril's rudeness is only a ploy to conceal his oversensitivity, and she confides in him that she is paying off debts for her ex-husband's shortfall. Father Spurný throws a party, but he is rather unpopular in the village and only a few guests come. The mother is irritated by the worn out dress which he gave her. Cyril spends the night with Františka. After a fight in the pub, the father realizes that it is too late to return. He buys a boar shooting permit and takes his son to the hunt. A female roe deer wakes up his passion for poaching. Cyril wants to prevent him from shooting it and the shot hits him. The father is leaving forever. Cyril confirms to an investigator in the hospital that it was just an unfortunate accident. He is visited by his mother, the leather agent, Hedvika as well as Františka.