It is night in Warsaw. Two very different homes. In one, a father watches sports lying on the sofa, expecting the son to do the same. In another apartment, a wealthy-looking mother sits at the table to dine with her daughter, completely different from her. At the same time, the boy and the girl embark on a nocturnal adventure of transformation, during which they strip off the various stratifications of gender that they have inherited. The streets of the city are transformed into a liberating walkway. When by chance they meet – face to face, body to body – they mirror each other in silence, offering comfort, safety.

The saga of the Winny family through 100 years. The action begins on the eve of World War I in 1914 and ends in modern times.

A town in Poland in the 1980s. Two journalists have doubts about the way the local police solve the murder of a prostitute and a communist activist.