出身农村的艾玛与宝蓓，在布达佩斯的小学担任俄文老师。东欧政局丕变之后，俄文不再是必修课程。两人为了保住教职，进入夜校补习英文，然后到小学将前一晚所学授与学童。两人的薪水在外面租屋、购屋都没办法，就一直住在公家宿舍里，眼看室友都当了七年。为了改善拮据的经济状况，艾玛另外有份帮佣工作，宝蓓则流连酒吧，勾搭老外来请她吃饭。艾玛对学校校长一往情深，然而男方已有妻小，不能为她离婚，而宝蓓终因非法卖淫，失去教职，走上了绝路。The story shows Emma's and Böbe's fight for survival, for keeping their position in society which they achieved with hard work in the previous regime. They don't want to lose their place and become village girls again.
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