Two decades after divorcing and taking separate paths in life, a former couple is working to obtain an official declaration of invalidity of their brief marriage.
The 1940s. Leon and his sons work on the Vistula River as sandblasters. One day the men fish a woman and her small daughter out of the river. It turns out that they are Jewish women who escaped from Warsaw, where they could not continue hiding. Leon undertakes a heroic struggle for their survival. He gives the women shelter in his home, risking the lives of his own family.
Basia works as a guide in the salt mine and she treats her job very seriously. One day she takes around the trip of the deaf kids and their tutors. It forces her to adjust the tour script she always follows. Basia doesn’t have any control anymore and it doesn’t make her feel confident. Especially one little girl keeps causing chaos. Though chaos can be very illuminating…
