Sylvia, leaving prison, wants to return to the world outside the bars and reclaim her first love, Aneta. Life decisions made by Aneta (marriage and motherhood) make it difficult for women to be together again. Not fitting into the modern world, Sylvia will once again try to fight for her place by clashing with the harsh realities of a society that rejects people with convictions. Will love overcome the reality in which both women live?

A teenage burglar breaks into the home of an elderly man, not expecting to find him there. To her surprise, she interrupts the man in the middle of a suicide attempt. Startled by her presence, the man makes her an offer - he will let her go free if she helps him finish what he started.

Post-war Poland. 10-year-old Marysia lives in the countryside with her mother, Helena, who survived a concentration camp. One day Helena announces that her brother - Marysia's uncle - is coming to join them for dinner. Although Marysia herself survived the occupation in shelter, she experiences first-hand that the nightmare of war does not end with the ceasefire.