Raised in Warsaw's Praga, Mirka graduated from the prestigious faculty of law. It would seem that her profession would even be detracted from the honor of a family with cunning roots. The girl's grandfather and father pride themselves on stays in numerous prisons. However, Mirka's legal knowledge can be very useful in the fight to save the old tenement house. As a result of a suspicious transaction, the tenement house where Mirka has been living since childhood is to be demolished. All the leads lead to the law firm "Łopian i Pokrzywa", which is just looking for a new lawyer - a man. In order to help the inhabitants of the family tenement house, Mirka must engage in a daring hoax. She is helped by her uncle Bogumił, a makeup artist and a representative of a sexual minority. Thanks to him, a beautiful girl will turn into a handsome young man and hire him in a suspicious office.
폴란드 남자미용사인 카롤은 아내 도미니크한테 이혼을 당한다. 이혼 사유는 성적 욕구 불만. 모든 것을 잃게 된 카롤은 조국 폴란드로 돌아간다. 공산주의가 붕괴되고 자본주의화 되어가던 그곳에서 카롤은 도미니크와의 재결합을 위해 돈벌이에 혈안이 된다. 웬만큼 돈벌이에 성공한 카롤은 모든 것을 도미니크에게 양도한다는 유언장과 함께 거짓으로 죽는다. 연민과 속죄의 눈물을 감추며 장례식에 참석한 도미니크는 지친 몸으로 호텔에 돌아온 그는 침실에서 기다리던 카롤을 발견하고 깜짝 놀라는데...
A Pole who spent time in an internment camp during the war on the Swiss-German border, visits the site many years later and recalls these days. He meets with other Poles confined in the same camp, including several women, in whose he had romantic interests.
