Jolanta Jackowska

Have you ever wondered what happens to all those missing socks? We've all had that experience - we throw a pair of socks into a drawer, closet or laundry basket and then take them out... just one sock! Where do they disappear to? Perhaps they secretly dream of a more fascinating life than serving our feet? Perhaps they would like to become movie stars or politicians? Or maybe, dropping into a corner of our room, they travel back in time to prehistory? Wherever they end up, their adventures are sure to be filled with fun!

The film presents the story of Robert - an aging, once-recognized artist who is today struggling with his own complexes and vices, and helplessness towards a new reality that ruthlessly throws him to the margins of existence. One day Robert finds himself in a roadside ditch hit by a dog's car. In a reflex of spontaneous compassion, he takes the dog home and begins to look after him.

Spring of 1968, Warsaw. The fight for influence between top level Communist officials is the background to a developing love story between a young couple who are engaged in student protests. Both the young couple and their parents will pay a high price for their decisions, and their Jewish roots, which up until now seemed to have no meaning, but which will soon determine their fates.

Embarking on a journey across southern Poland to find his long-lost father, twelve-year-old Tomek receives help from a mysterious youth named Gabriel.