Landscape architect Emil is fighting an uneven battle with those indifferent to the beauty of nature. He is trying to be a good father, but his neurotic rigidity pushes him into a spiral of absurd events.
Szymek Akerman
Roman Cudakowski, for his friends Cudak, plays in a band at weddings and city parties. During the occupation, the musician did not do well. Entrances to the premises for Germans are an opportunity to earn money. However, they cannot imagine themselves orchestras without a violinist. Cudak takes the gifted Szymon Akerman out of the ghetto to concerts, with whom he did not agree before the war. In the new reality, they both need each other: Cudak can earn money by playing with Akerman, has a chance to survive. One day, Roman decides to permanently take the violinist and his family from the ghetto and hide them, risking his life, in his home.
Ochroniarz Grzegorz
Nochevieja, 1999. Sebastián es un joven de 20 años que, armado con una pistola, secuestra un estudio de TV y toma dos rehenes: un famoso presentador y un guardia de seguridad. ¿Su plan? Nadie, incluido el propio Sebastián, parece saberlo. La demanda de que se transmita su mensaje, sea cual sea, le es denegada una y otra vez por parte de las fuerzas policías y del jefe de la cadena. A medida que se hace de noche, Sebastián y los rehenes entablan una extraña relación mientras los que están en el escalafón más alto de la pirámide hacen todo lo posible por restablecer el orden.
"Kwaśniak"
Un ambicioso gánster se abre camino entre las filas del bajo mundo de Varsovia, hasta que finalmente llega la hora de saltar a la cima.
Chłopak z wypożyczalni
Tras pasar unos años trabajando en el extranjero, Adam regresa a su casa familiar en Navidad, sin que ninguno de los miembros de su familia conocieran sus planes secretos ni la verdadera razón de su visita
Tadek
An unnamed village in the Podlasie region. The inhabitants lease out land which does not technically belong to them, but so far the operation has proceeded without problems. They keep to themselves, in seclusion, without interaction with the outside world. Then, suddenly, a nameless Stranger arrives. Given the situation of the village, none of the inhabitants know how to act, worried that the Strangers intentions might not be as harmless as promised. Krzysztof, the self-appointed Mayor and protector of the village, takes it upon himself to show the Stranger around, carefully avoiding the locals resistance. Together with a local driver, and his neighbour, a man who left the city for the country side, they silently circle the village, full of anxiety, not knowing the Strangers reason for being here...
