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Set in the realities of post-war Poland, the film tells the story of mourning parents setting off on their last journey with their son, as seen from the point of view of their grandson Jan. The son of Hanna and Jacob, a Home Army soldier Waclaw "Odrowaz" Szewczyk, is shot by the secret police in the autumn of 1946. After suffering a series of humiliations by the new authorities, who continuously desecrate their child's corpse, Hanna and Jacob decide to provide their son with a proper burial in the Paclawska Calvary, 500 km away. Their venture through Poland - a country still haunted by the post-war nightmare, becomes a metaphorical journey into the depths of the human soul and an attempt to reorder the world in which neighbors turn against each other, and where one's current enemy may become an unexpected ally.

Eryk and Karolka are a couple of dreamers. After leaving prison, in order not to run into conflict with the law again, they decide to start a new and problem-free life in the bosom of nature. However, it is difficult for them to find their way in a new, although beautiful, situation. Eryk also wants happiness for his little daughter Dzesika. He kidnaps her from her grandfather and together with Karolka they set off on an adventurous journey through Poland. Things become more complicated when Karolka falls seriously ill. The only salvation for her will be expensive treatment, for which they obviously have no money. Eryk and little Dzesika take matters into their own hands and organize a bank robbery. Then all you have to do is steal the patient from the hospital. With love and for love.

In the winter of 1903, a group of characters painted by the master escapes from Jacek Malczewski's paintings.