A young artist named Toma begins to feel that his life in Belgrade begins suffocating him, so he sneaks aboard a cargo ship and travels down the Danube, eventually settling on a small island where ha can continue to work on his nature-inspired artworks in peace. Along the way, he meets a number of different characters representing various social groups that call 1950s Belgrade their home.
Toma
Tomin otac
Devojka
Pukovnik
Mlađi radnik
Poštarka
Kuvar
Mašinista
Stariji radnik
Druga baba
Prva baba
Tomina sestra
Ćoravi svirač
Službenik 1
Trgovac 1
Trgovac 2
Tomina majka
Učitelj
Bledunjavi mladić
Čovek u belom mantilu
Službenik 2