Matko is a small time hustler, living by the Danube with his 17-year-old son Zare. After a failed business deal he owes money to the much more successful gangster Dadan. Dadan has a sister, Afrodita, that he desperately wants to see get married so they strike a deal: Zare is to marry her.

在克罗地亚淳朴的小村庄中，人们饱受狼群侵袭的困扰。小男孩兰科的爱犬为了保护主人，勇敢地与狼拼搏，最终和狼同归于尽。而兰科无意中在森林里解救了一只高大威猛的猎犬，男孩和狗成了亲密无间的朋友，但它却不愿跟随男孩来到人类的村庄生活。村民反倒误以为这只威猛的猎犬是狼，对它展开了围攻……库斯图里卡御用男主在12岁时主演了这部处女作。冰天雪地中男孩与狗狗的友谊纯净无暇，令人十分动容。

The protagonist, Bora, is a charming but mean-spirited gypsy, while his older wife, Lence, is submissive. Bora is in love with the younger Tisa, who is being offered in marriage by her father. The two get themselves in trouble and eventually have to flee. Tisa rejects her husband and she and Bora get married in the church, and their adventures continue.