Jacek Lomnicki

Agnieszka est persuadée que son idée est la bonne : réaliser un reportage sur Mateusz Birkut, ce jeune maçon devenu héros national dans les années 50, dont elle a retrouvé une statue abandonnée. Son directeur d'études tente de la dissuader, mais la jeune femme s'obstine et finit par découvrir le dessous des cartes. Un cinéaste réputé, Burski, lui raconte comment Birkut a conquis sa gloire, en posant 30 000 briques en une journée. D'autres témoins, elle apprend que son exploit lui a valu la haine d'autres ouvriers...

A story of a dropout out of a succesful career and a loving family. He goes to a local railroad station, then checks into a hotel and refuses to leave despite visits by a psychiatrist and his own son. He watches people daily at the station. A tv reporter is trying to come up with a story which would help him to save his job. He likes to chase women and the dropout's wife is one of his targets. He gets interested in the story of her husband and tries to make a program about mysterious individual. Once the tv crew arrives to the scene, the subject tries to hide and ends up on the roof of the station, where he catches a glimpse of sunshine - the "smaller sky" - before stepping onto a glass roof and falling to his death.

Krzysztof, a 30-something writer has been on a downward spiral ever since the success of his first novel. Struggling to compete his new work, the "Book of All Books" he retreats into alcoholism when he meets Basia, with whom he begins a volatile relationship.