In this allegorical political drama, Zdenek (Jan Tesarz), a government official whose mind and/or powerbase is eroding, is taken away from the office by his loyal secretary, who is also his mistress. On the one hand, she wants to prevent the possibility of his being seen making embarassing slip-ups. On the other hand, they have a legitimate reason for leaving the office. She is taking him to the funeral of a relative. Unfortunately, no one really knows where they are going, and they get taken to a funeral in the wrong town. In addition, they have a series of adventures, including one in which the official is led to offer a toast to an exiled writer, and another in which he and his secretary join a crowd of half-naked young folks who are watching someone publicly perform a sex act. Eventually they manage to make it to the correct funeral. It turns out that it is for his son.