The film is set in an isolated high-rise residential complex on a fenced, park-like property in a forest, creating a secluded utopia.

The Polish woman Anna Wilczyńska serves as the security officer, stationed at the building entrance and announcing events and weather reports over a public address system.

Anna's 16-year-old daughter Iris is convinced she has the Evil Eye because she had wished something bad upon the dog.

One night, when Anna tries to reassure herself about Iris' fears and spies on a couple, she is seen but not recognized, and is mistaken for a burglar and voyeur.

Anna plants evidence of the "burglary" on Wolfram, an unsuccessful poet living in the boiler room who peddles his books in the building's elevator during the day.

As they walk away from the building, they encounter the Richards family in the forest, who had unsuccessfully applied for an apartment at the beginning of the film.