Maciej Namysło

Dans une petite communauté rurale cernée par les forêts, près de la frontière tchèque, dans le sud de la Pologne, Janina Duszejko, ingénieure à la retraite et professeure d'anglais bénévole à l'école, vit en communion avec la nature. Cette défenseuse farouche de la vie animale, férue d'astrologie et de promenades solitaires, combat avec détermination l'amour de la chasse qui unit presque tous ses concitoyens mâles. Un jour, l'un de ses voisins, braconnier notoire, est retrouvé mort. C'est le début d'une série de mystérieux meurtres

Afonia's husband is an ex-boxer, an ex-inmate of a Nazi concentration camp and almost ex-living person as he is paralyzed after an accident. Her daughter is already married. And although Afonia's name is Russian, she is Polish. The only thing both heroines share is love to another strong, handsome and addictive man. A Russian man.

An event, which main attraction is the dance marathon, has gathered crowds at the market square of the provincial Polish town. Impressive prizes compete with another attraction: the concert of the star singer Jessica. A local outsider Christian falls for the singer. Soon he discovers that her life is far from being a dream and decides to win her heart. In the crowd of marathon contestants we will meet many individuals who dream of winning the main prize for various motivations. Who will turn out to be the winner? Will there be a prize at all? Because two small-time crooks, Simon and Silvio, are lurking around. And why this persistent notion that our life is so often influenced by miracles...?