The film consists of two parts. In the first, the protagonist is Matilda. Her dream is fashionable stockings, which she cannot afford. She becomes the laughing stock of the school when she appears in stockings sewn by her grandmother. The humiliation leads Matilda to take a dramatic step. The second part tells the story of Jadźka, who is an object of derision at her school. Fearing embarrassment, she increasingly misses school and plunges into a world of autistic dreams.

A boy awaits the return of his long-absent emigre father but is disappointed when they finally meet.

A Polish priest arrives at a convent hoping to save the Mother Superior who is supposedly possessed by eight demons.

A group of boys in pre-war Warsaw fight for the right to train at an abandoned square.

Two stories showcasing the problems children face while growing up.