Варшава 1980-х годов. Коммунистическая партия отправляет журналиста Винкеля провести грязную кампанию против бастующих работников в Гданьске. Главной целью Винкеля становится активист Томчик…
The main hero obsessively wants to become an actor. The would-be actor fails two entrance exams to the state acting school and has a nervous breakdown. Eventually he commits himself to the mental institution where patients are rehabilitated by doing some artwork. He refuses to paint but does some acting. He participates in a play where a lead, playing Oedipus, actually blinds himself. Out of the institution he has dreams of killing his father, but finally seems to be ready to start over again and either act without the state license or take another job.
