A violinist in a vincial Polish orchestra, whose husband is the director of the ensemble, on a visit to the US ties up with the world- renowned symphony nductor. As it turns out he was once in love with violinist's mother. The nductor, a slightly unstable hypochondriac, returns to Poland to lead the vincial orchestra. He also tries to revive old love affair using the violinist as a surrogate of her mother. Her husband is resentful of the nductor for both personal and fessional reasons.