Jolanta Piętek-Górecka

Christmas is an occasion for four friends to summarize the previous year of their lives.

Roman, atteint d'impuissance, soupçonne sa femme Hanka d'avoir une liaison. Il la surveille et la surprend au moment ou elle mettait fin a sa liaison.

A sociologist nearing middle-aged returns to Poland after several years of giving lectures abroad. The changing economy of the country and business successes of the people around him inspire him to venture out into the deep and unpredictable world of capitalism himself.

Zbigniew Gąsior, a thirty year old singer, is a youth idol. Despite fame, money and success with women he can't neglect the emptiness in his life.

After discussions with Schwartz, a producer from the West, screenwriter Stefan comes back to Poland. Everybody reminds him of his previous success: “The Flame”. The tired protagonist goes back to his wife, actress Ewa, who is eagerly awaiting him. Ewa goes to an audition which doesn’t turn out too well. On the next day, Stefan and his collaborators are wondering what to write a scenario about. Meanwhile, Stefan has a tooth ache. He decides to visit a dentist but is scared away by the price he has to pay for the treatment. Stefan still can’t find an idea for a scenario, and Ewa is not being cast. They decide to sell the car, but a man who takes their car out for a test drive doesn’t return. Stefan is changing ideas for the scenario constantly, he can’t make up his mind… at home, a pipe goes off… the wine he keeps in gallons blows up… the milicia (People’s Republic of Poland’s police) comes and general chaos ensues, as they are drowning in water and wine… which gives Stefan an idea…

The story is a duel between criminal-on- the-run and the cop who put him behind the bars the first time around.

On the eve of the Day of the Dead, among mysterious old rituals of the Vilnius region, ghosts of the past and present start to appear.

Les dix commandements vus par Krzysztof Kieslowski : Un seul Dieu tu adoreras, Tu ne commettras point de parjure, Tu respecteras le jour du Seigneur, Tu honoreras ton père et ta mère, Tu ne tueras point, Tu ne seras pas luxurieux, Tu ne voleras pas, Tu ne mentiras pas, Tu ne convoiteras pas la femme d'autrui, Tu ne convoiteras pas les biens d'autrui.