En prestgård i N—d

A provincial clergyman's household assembles for a festive day, and the domestic bustle exposes local social ranks, hospitality rituals, and differing views on upbringing. Guests debate whether sons should follow traditional family roles or pursue modern education and careers, while a charismatic young instructor arrives to tutor the boys. The absent daughter studies drawing away from home, highlighting tensions between parental expectations and personal cultivation. Intimate scenes of meal preparation, choreography of visitors, and polite conversation map the interplay of duty, pride, and generational change within a tightly observed rural community.