It Rained Happiness

Věra Řeháková is preparing for her wedding. It is raining outside and uninvited memories of various experiences with her husband-to-be Zdeněk Procházka trouble the young woman's mind. There is only one pleasant memory; all the rest still hurt her. She remembers Zdeněk's rude reaction when she told him she was pregnant; how he didn't support her when she alerted everyone to the misdoings of some co-workers from their tractor unit, and demanded an auditing commission; how cynical his comment was when she once paused before some wedding photographs in the window of the local photography studio. Finally, she is all dressed up and ready, and director Votava, her father and her friend Lojza take her to the town hall registry office. But there is no sign of the bridegroom. He has spent the whole night drinking with his friends at the warehouse and has obviously fallen asleep there. They hurry to fetch the groom and soon drive back with him in his dirty boiler suit. His embarrassed mother helps him into his wedding suit and finally they get him in front of the marriage official. Věra's ugly memories are more and more intrusive until she finally turns around and leaves the town hall without uttering a single word. At home, laughing and crying at the same time, she starts tidying up. She is determined to start an independent, and a more worthy life.