A reporter from the Scânteia newspaper arrives in the small mountain town of Bocșa to document the abuses committed many years ago, in 1962, by the headmaster of the town's high school, with the complicity of local authorities.
'Cântă cucul și pe păluă' neemt de conventie over van een reportagefilm in de stijl van de films die destijds in de studio 'Alexandru Sahia' werden gemaakt. Een verslaggever van de krant Scânteia arriveert in het kleine bergstadje Boc...