Robert
Robert moves from the Polish countryside to work on a fish processing factory on the coast of Norway. There he falls in love with Ivar who is openly gay and a member of the workers union. Robert is hiding his sexual orientation from the other Polish immigrant workers. When Ivar helps the Polish to start a strike for better working conditions at the factory, Robert has to choose between money or love.
Arek
Varsovia, 1985. En la Polonia comunista, con el telón de fondo de la "Operación Hyacinth" dirigida por la policía secreta, un joven oficial Robert investiga un caso de asesinato en la hermética comunidad gay. Cuando encuentra a un informante, Arek, un estudiante desprevenido y de espíritu libre, Robert se aventura por su cuenta para descubrir la verdad.