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Three short stories involving alcohol in one way or another are strung together in this film, adapted by director Peter Bacso from the Russian author Vassili Shukshin, and first presented for television. In sequence, they are "The Insult," about a father who gets into a wild melée at a shop when he is mistakenly accused of being an alcoholic; "Conversation in a Restaurant," about two men who get drunk together at a nightclub and the next day, the younger of the two breaks his promise to bring the other along on a trip home; and "The Unexpected Guest," about an alcoholic who goes to a village to try to find his long-lost daughter.