After a particularly embarrassing performance, a struggling Polish actor chooses to quit his acting troupe. In desperation, he returns home, only to find his dying mother has replaced him with a farm hand from a nearby mental institution. Alienated and depressed, he attempts to find his place in the world by driving out his replacement as completely as possible.
Damian, a young boy raised by a single mother, believes that his father is a famous footballer playing for Glasgow Celtic F.C. His dream is to visit him. In his everyday life he has difficulty finding a common language with his mother who is trying to make a new life for herself with a younger man.
제2차 세계 대전이 한창이던 폴란드의 리버포. 가족의 생계를 위해 빈집 털이와 하수구 수리공으로 생계를 연명하던 소하. 어느 날 그는 온갖 악취와 암흑뿐인 하수구로 잔인한 죽음을 피하기 위해 숨어든 유대인들을 발견하게 되고, 그들은 소하에게 비밀을 지켜달라며 돈을 건넨다. 이들을 신고만 해도 돈을 벌 수 있지만, 소하는 결국 그들의 부탁을 들어주며 칩거생활을 도와주게 된다. 그러던 중 마을에 누군가 유대인을 도와주고 있다는 소문이 돌기 시작하면서 소하는 자신과 가족의 목숨이 위태로워질 수 있다는 불안을 느끼게 되고, 다시 조심스럽게 하수구로 걸음을 옮기는데…
An event, which main attraction is the dance marathon, has gathered crowds at the market square of the provincial Polish town. Impressive prizes compete with another attraction: the concert of the star singer Jessica. A local outsider Christian falls for the singer. Soon he discovers that her life is far from being a dream and decides to win her heart. In the crowd of marathon contestants we will meet many individuals who dream of winning the main prize for various motivations. Who will turn out to be the winner? Will there be a prize at all? Because two small-time crooks, Simon and Silvio, are lurking around. And why this persistent notion that our life is so often influenced by miracles...?
Based on a true story. Two brothers, Artur (22) and Marcin (12), murder their own mother. The film starts with the boys' arrest and then takes us through the last 12 months in a series of flashbacks.
Tomek is 14 and a good student. He's interested in astronomy and plays football to please his father. The only thing is, he lives in a poor little border town plagued by unemployment, whereas across the river lies Germany with all its relative affluence. Tomek meets Marta at a disco and falls in love with her. He starts to think up ways of earning money in order to keep her interested. He approaches a pimp who seeks out local boys for his German clients. Tomek has no idea of the brutal fate which awaits him.
