The 1940s. Leon and his sons work on the Vistula River as sandblasters. One day the men fish a woman and her small daughter out of the river. It turns out that they are Jewish women who escaped from Warsaw, where they could not continue hiding. Leon undertakes a heroic struggle for their survival....
The story of 16-year-old Janek, who, during a visit to his grandmother Melania's house in Toruń, befriends the teenage Zuza. The plot is set in the climatic period leading up to Christmas. Against the backdrop of a magical Christmas atmosphere, the characters face complicated family relationships,...