It tells the story of a young man struggling to face the death of his mother and harbouring a desire to climb the Himalayas as his father had done.

Thanks to the business card he received from this mountaineer, Witold, after completing his military service, obtains a job in an exhibition company.

Unable to shake off his mother's death, Witold, in an act of defiance, rebels against Mariusz when the latter, on his next business trip, invites him to take part in various minor frauds.

Witold then earns his living as a window cleaner for skyscrapers and erecting scaffolding during the renovation of monuments.

When one day he is working on scaffolding for a crumbling facade, a small child chasing a ball is hit with falling debris.