A story of an eight year old girl nicknamed "Muffin" who is trying to adapt to life in a big city.

Szymon, a thirty-year-old doctor with a girlfriend, a car and a mortgaged flat, feels a growing sense of impending disaster. After his birthday party he reviews the day’s regrets—especially the saga of Rysiek, his family’s unwilling tenant—and sees in his father’s weakness a warning of his own potential failure, blending humor with existential unease.

The revue theater "Red Mill" is in crisis, the owner has no money to pay the salaries of the employees. When the bailiff hands the director an order to seize the theater's assets, an elegant gentleman engineer Fred Kampinos unexpectedly appears and offers his help.

Twelve-year-old Tomek helps his father working at a gas station. His dream is to own one of the cars that he and his father service every day. Tomek is also in love with Mariola, a girl from Warsaw. She, in turn, has feelings for Wojtek.

Teresa, a revue dancer dreaming of stardom and love with actor Modecki, endures fleeting affairs, her friend’s suicide and a struggling provincial theatre before returning to Warsaw. After winning a leading role and finding success, she learns she’s pregnant and must choose between her career and motherhood.