Three young friends travel round Poland, making a living by acting out religious scenes at fairs and selling photographs. Problems arise when a mysterious man joins them.
Two unemployed film school graduates, a prostitute, a handsome policeman, a mature woman and her teenage daughter. They all lead their miserable lives on the mean streets of Lódz, and try desperately to love and be loved in return.
Wojtek, despite turning 30, still believes in the legend of a big fish swimming in a nearby lake. He devotes all his time to catching it. This is of little interest to Wojtek's overprotective mother, Wanda, who, on her son's birthday, decides to arrange his life: find a girlfriend, buy an apartment...