1968年柏林国际电影节金熊奖提名，前南黑浪潮电影运动中的杰作之一。 A disabled man takes on the system when his pension is tied up in a morass of red tape. His story is revealed on a television program, and the star of the show is admonished for trying to incite the public against the system. The media, the man and the television manager gather to try to talk out the misunderstandings they all experience with the system of slow-moving social injustices. The message of the film also states that the days of media scrutiny and public-opinion feedback are here to stay. In the environments of remote mountain village and a big city develops a contemporary story about an invalid from the days of rehabilitation and a social worker who has given broad publicity to the formers "case" Jablan, a robust highlander, and a very enterprising although somewhat rash activities in the years of reconstruction, one day literally put himself under a wagon belonging to the cooperative, broke his spin and remained helpless cripple. Together with his wife Dana, who all of a sudden found herself burdened with a difficult and delicate task, he has to struggle to ensure their existence. He keeps filing complaints and arguing his invalid pension and one First-of-May, instead of long-awaited corrected decision, he receives a decoration...After the broadcast of "The Diary of an Invalid", the action develops around its author and the authentic Jablan who believes that it was his case that served as a basis for the broadcast story.