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
1999년 12월 31일. 총을 든 청년이 TV 방송국에 난입해 방송 진행자를 인질로 삼는다. 그의 요구는 단 하나. 세상에 고하려는 메시지가 있으니, 나를 생방송에 내보내 줄 것.
"Kwaśniak"
무소불위의 힘을 좇아 암흑가에서 차근차근 입지를 다져온 야심 찬 갱스터. 무장 강도, 마약 거래 등 온갖 범죄를 발판 삼아 정점을 향해 올라가던 중, 마침내 큰물에서 놀 기회를 거머쥔다. 하지만 얻는 게 있으면 잃는 것도 있는 법.
Chłopak z wypożyczalni
Adam unexpectedly visits his family house at Christmas after a few years of working abroad. No family member knows about his secret plans and the real reasons of his visit.
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...
