Marek, the lead, a police inspector on the verge of psychic disintegration, is trying to solve a complex murder case. The story is told on two planes: The first is the sensationalist thread, the backbone of the whole movie.
With the new developments unfolding, the second plane emerges, where the plot is played out against the backdrop of the lead’s psychic sensations.
The flexible merging of picture, sound, and music pulls the viewer into the deepest recesses of Marek’s consciousness. The viewer is confronted with the question what is real and what, phantasmagoric; where is the boundary between reality and the way we imagine it; what gives a meaning to suffering; and what really matters most in life...

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