Un mari jaloux et sa femme attirante qui est une actrice, un directeur minable de film, une jeune femme désorientée, un toxicomane, un vendeur de saucisses qui a été en prison, un étudiant en difficulté, un ancien laveur de vitres qui prend une année sabbatique, un artiste âgé, une équipe d'ambulanciers et un groupe de religieuses : des citadins contemporains dont la vie va s'entrelacer et prendre une tournure inattendue en l'espace de seulement 11 minutes.
Le poète polonais Jan Krynicki (Borys Szyc), à la veille de son départ au combat avec l'armée polonaise comme uhlan (lancier), épouse l’actrice Ola Raniewska (Natasza Urbańska). Le mariage est célébré par l’abbé Ignacy Skorupka (Łukasz Garlicki).
The Polish artist Julia and her husband Piotr, a talented and successful composer, live in Kraków. When Julias's mother, Barbara falls ill with stomach cancer, the life of the family is falling apart. Julia accompanies her mother to death, but her husband Piotr is at rehearsals in Cologne and leaves her to cope with this difficult situation. Only her friend Adrian is at her side. Her father Jurek is also overwhelmed by the impending loss of his beloved wife. After the death of the mother her father takes comfort from alcohol. Shortly after the father dies. Julia found only in the arms of Adrian to rest, but this in turn destroyed her marriage to Piotr. After the loss of the parents and breakup of the marriage she is now alone in the world with an uncertain future where Adrian is of little help.
Adam, jeune prêtre charismatique rejoint une paroisse rurale et s’occupe d’un foyer accueillant de jeunes adultes.
Par son implication, il suscite rapidement l’admiration de tous. Mais peu à peu, son attirance pour l’un des garçons du centre se transforme en véritable chemin de croix.
Habité par une foi véritable mais rongé par la culpabilité, il tente en vain de lutter contre cet amour naissant…
Pola Basnikov is an adolescent girl living with her parents. She likes to stay out late and rabblerouse with her friends, to the worry of her parents. One night she and her father get into a fight, so Pola decides to run away. Her boyfriend, Dmitri, helps her get lodging at a hotel. Pola gets him drunk, takes all his money, and leaves, leaving behind a note promising to pay him back. Pola gets work as a model at a modeling studio, which opens up work for her as a cabaret dancer. One of the cabaret's patrons, a married man named Alexi, is taken by Pola, and the two engage in an affair, with Pola unaware that Alexi already has a family. Once Alexi gets the courage to leave his wife, he and Pola go to Cafe de Paris to celebrate. There, her old boyfriend, Dmitri, waits on them, but does not recognize Pola. Pola repays the money she took from him, leaving it with a note on the table. When Dmitri finds the money and the note, he is enraged and plans to take revenge on Pola. Meanwhile, Alexi's wife, Sonya, grants him a divorce, and moves in with her mother, only to become deathly ill. Pola learns that Alexi is married and casts him off, not realizing that he has already left his family for her. Soon after, the vengeful ex-boyfriend Dmitri kills Pola. Alexi tries to reconcile with his wife, only to learn that she has succumbed to her illness and has died.
Nineteen-year-old Tomek (Olaf Lubaszenko) is living in an apartment complex in Warsaw with his godmother—staying in her son's room while he's away. Raised in an orphanage, the shy Tomek has few friends and works as a postal clerk. Tomek has been spying on a beautiful older woman, Magda (Grazyna Szapolowska), who lives in an adjacent apartment complex. Using a telescope, he watches her every night performing mundane tasks, working on her artwork, and entertaining men. To get closer to her, he slips fake postal notices in her mailbox for a nonexistent money order at his post office. He also calls her anonymously to hear her voice. Tomek's obsession is focused more on her everyday activities rather than her sex life; when he sees her becoming sexual with men, he trains the telescope away and does not watch.
The film focuses on a dozen of the 500 characters depicted in Bruegel's painting. It consists of a series of vignettes depicting everyday peasant life, interspersed with monologues from some of the principal characters, including Bruegel explaining the structure and symbolism of his painting. The theme of Christ's suffering is set against religious persecution in Flanders in 1564.
Piotrek âgé de 16 ans et son copain Franek âgé de 11 ans grandissent dans des familles dysfonctionnelles. Piotrek travaille en tant que mécanicien dans le garage de Wyskocz, après ses heures de travail il vole des autoradios. Un jour il vole une Jaguar pour impressionner Maks, un voleur de voitures connu.