A psychological drama showing the impact of World War II upon the rural community. A paradocumentary showing the life of the Polish province, where the present is combined with the past and customs are rooted in an often incomprehensible tradition.
Cameo appearance of the famous film director – Krzysztof Krauze.
Ethnographers on their summer internship attempt to explain the secret of one of the families inhabiting the village.
A group of ethnography students comes to a small village in the Świętokrzyskie Mountains to do their internship. They are to look for old customs and traditions, however the history of the village is dominated by the dramatic events of World War II. Michał and Krystyna come to a decrepit farm inhabited by the quiet Mruk family. They find out that the Mruk family was the only one to have survived the pacification of the village and since that time they have completely isolated themselves from the outside world. Marek wants to explore the reasons for their strange behavior, however his interference with their life leads to a tragedy.
