Moromeii 3 continues the story of Niculae, Moromete's youngest son, who in the 1950s becomes a young, well-regarded writer living his life and complicated love stories in a charged atmosphere, tainted by suspicion. The ideological rules are strict, writers are called upon to support the party line, to write about the advantages and prosperity of the new world. Niculae faces a choice: if he is part of the system, he will be rewarded, but if not, he might pay with his freedom.