A hot summer in a village at the end of nowhere. An archaic community, hardly feeling the new changes. Traditions are still powerful. The most respected one remains the mystical toll of the wedding bell. When the bridal pair comes out of the church, the bell should ring!Within this small universe at the border of civilization, Ionel loves Ionela and plans their wedding. But another girl's wooer, mad to lose her, breaks the bell and everything gets messed up.The village priest draws his conclusion: a wedding without a bell will bring only wicked gossips. Ionel's refusal is final. He has to keep to traditions will have a new bell. The lad gets advice and help from his uncle Ianas and Botos. Botos; is a singer in the church choir; he knows priests all around. The three of them start for Timisoara to get the Bishop's approval for a new bell. This is the only possible way. Only afterwards they can go to Plumbuita, where the fine bells are moulded.That ever groggy Botos, his demijohn filled with palinka and a deaf bells moulder speaking in quotations bring colour to the story. After hours spent in a railway wagon, the new bell at their feet, after bargaining with Marinica;, the craner, the bell is brought up into the church tower.The other wooer comes again to spoil everything by blocking the bell with a log. Luckily, Ianas proves to be the best in clearing up the whole situation.
