Wajda's homage to Zbigniew Cybulski, the "Polish James Dean" who starred in the director's ASHES AND DIAMONDS and died young. The movie follows the tribulations of a director attempting to make a movie with a Cybulski-like star who never shows up.

Two men working as lawn mowers fight over a woman.

An old highlander takes to stealing from rich landowners' supplies to feed starving animals during winter.