This cinéma vérité documentary follows the Fischer family in Aberdeen, South Dakota, in the immediate aftermath of the 1963 birth of the first surviving American quintuplets. Shot soon after the groundbreaking event, the film explores the contrast between the public celebration – the civic promotion, media frenzy, and commercial opportunities – and the private exhaustion and quiet pain experienced by Mrs. Fischer. It reveals the growing tensions between the family's extraordinary public life and the realities of everyday family life.