AviolinistinaprovincialPolishorchestra,whosehusbandisthedirectoroftheensemble,onavisittotheUStiesupwiththeworld-renownedsymphonyconductor.Asitturnsouthewasonceinlovewithviolinist'smother.Theconductor,aslightlyunstablehypochondriac,returnstoPolandtoleadtheprovincialorchestra.Healsotriestoreviveoldloveaffairusingtheviolinistasasurrogateofhermother.Herhusbandisresentfuloftheconductorforbothpersonalandprofessionalreasons.
