That Beautiful Day

The story is set in a Slovene village which was part of Italy between the two wars. All the inhabitants of the village are Slovenes, except for the Italians among the representatives of the fascist government. A shame to the village are three brothers who have joined the fascists. The villagers, however, keep them under control and ridicule them. The protagonist of the central comic plot is Štefuc, twice widower, married, in turn, to two sisters - each left him two little daughters - who is determined to marry Zana, the third sister. But the girl has been promised to another suitor and there is no time to wait, because she is expecting a baby. Hedvika who is said to work in Milano as house-maid has just come back from Italy in the middle of the wedding preparations. The local Italians play serenade to her. In the end the villagers decide that Štefuc should get Hedvika as a wife and the bride has a baby during the wedding festivities.