At first glance they look like the average Polish family which celebrates daily meals in front of a perpetually turned on TV. We soon learn, however, that each of them cherishes some eccentricity or phobia. At the very centre of the events there is a grown up son – a loser, who instead of fulfilling his parents’ ambitions by striving for a university degree prefers to thrash away badly on his guitar or labour as a watchman. Worse, one day he clashes with the local thugs who do not seem to appreciate his particular brand of humour, giving him a beating and setting fire to his beloved Fiat 126p. Still, against all odds, this prodigal son knows exactly what he wants and can still surprise his parents. The young director of the films kilfully plucks absurdities and comic situations from the daily life of this typical, unusual family.