The great Polish director Andrzej Wajda returns with this passionate biopic about avant-garde artist Wladyslaw Strzeminski (brilliantly played by Polish superstar Boguslaw Linda), who battled Stalinist orthodoxy and his own physical impairments to advance his progressive ideas about art.

Iza Deren, a provincial town policewoman investigates a complicated murder case. Meanwhile, two policemen go missing, one being Iza's life partner.