A young PhD student is trying to get 34 dogs for his research.
Ryszard Ochódzki receives a special assignment for UB - infiltrating the "Solidarity" party branch in Suwałki. His arriving there coincides with the imposition of martial law on Poland.
Psychological drama: a teacher's internal moral conflict, who wins the students' sympathy and respect by devising a heroic war life story.
When a delivery of coffins foreshadows a harsh winter, residents of a retirement home escape their confines and rediscover the world outside.