Una mujer policía le hace a su exnovio una oferta que no puede rechazar: O se infiltra e informa sobre una banda de gamberros, o su hermano va a la cárcel.
Jerzy Popieluszko es un sacerdote polaco que decide apoyar la huelga obrera de una fábrica de fundición de su ciudad. El carisma que desprende y su poder de atracción ponen en alerta al gobierno comunista que decide poner en marcha su maquinaria represiva contra el líder religioso.
Twenty years old prostitute and drug addict, Jola, by chance meets Andrzej, a "railway station gay". They try to stay together, in spite of numerous diffculties. They both are carriers of the HIV virus. At the end of their travels they find themselves in the Red Palace - formerly the recreation centre for Party dignitaries, now a home for AIDS sufferers - which is run by father Jan. In the nearby small town aggression begins to grow again the unwanted guests; the house have been promised to the local people for housing purposes... The lives and fates of Jola, Andrzej, and father Jan become increasingly intertwined with one another...
