在这部佩特雷加的花环剧情片中,一个南斯拉夫女人悲惨而快乐的婚姻生活的写照：不幸的第一次婚姻、失去两个孩子并无法再生育、被丈夫赶出家里... 尽管经历了这么多的苦难和痛失， 偶而会变得有些迷信，但佩特里娅仍坚强地生活着。在埋葬她的第一个孩子时，佩特里娅和丈夫将一只活鸡一起葬在坟墓中，期望如此能令生活少一些痛苦，然而现实并不如愿...
This film takes place in a small mining town in Serbia, within a time span covering the prewar, war, and postwar period. "Petria's wreath" is a story about the tragic life of an illiterate woman from village, about her life with three men she loved. Her life, torn between dreams and reality, is a life of suffering, loneliness, disappointment, hope and love.
