Two boys set out by train from Kraków to the seaside but lose their travel money and decide to continue their journey “for a smile,” hitchhiking and using every transport they can find.

During a routine traffic stop, the police discovers the body of a girl in the trunk of a truck. Since the dead girl spent the night before with the driver of the car, he becomes the prime suspect. In the course of the trial uncomfortable truths surface.

When Stanisław Czermień is wrongfully accused of rape and murder, he decides to exonerate himself and track down the real criminal.

A bitter story about a bizarre folk sculptor.