Krzysztof Strużycki

A man, right after his graduation, seeks a dream job in a corporation. The corporate world, however, appears to him as a higher and higher nonsense and repetitive mindless scheme. While looking for a job, the protagonist moves into a cheap flat that resembles a house from horror movies.

The writer Jan Kellert - the author of the widely known book "The Legend of the Vistula", which is part of the canon of pre-war middle school reading, comes from Lublin to Żmurki, where he spent the occupation. The division of the Żmurki estate is to take place the next day. The welcome dinner becomes an opportunity to exchange political views and a critical view of the manor's inhabitants on the current situation.

Le 12 mai 1983, Grzegorz Przemyk refuse de donner sa pièce d'identité lors d'un contrôle de police. Les forces de l'ordre décident alors de lui donner une leçon et le battent à mort. Sauf qu'un témoin assiste à la scène, Jurek Popiel. Ils vont tout faire pour l'empêcher de témoigner au procès...

Accompagné de sa femme, un jeune boxeur prometteur fuit la Pologne communiste pour réaliser son rêve de devenir le plus grand pugiliste de l'histoire.