An intimate domestic drama about a family of lawyers adjusting to life following their oldest daughter's car accident - as their youngest daughter is about to leap into the world as a ballerina.
In the absence of his mother, the seven-year-old Maks decides to find company at the basketball court. The lack of warmth and attention forces him to take matters into his own hands.
Aleksander is a man with a successful career. He is on his way to take his eleven-year-old son to music school, but Jan doesn’t wait for his father where he is supposed to. Instead, he is taking a shower, still dirty from playing football.
The film explores relationships between the male and female mind; the way their psyche is impacted by fear and jealousy, and how they respond differently to the same event leads to gender stereotypes being challenged throughout the film.
