Capital, or How To Make Money in Poland 1989

Synopsis

Piotr Nowosad, holder of the University of Warsaw grant in the US, after two years of working in the US returns to Poland with the capital of several thousand dollars. His friends suggest various ways to make use of the money, while his wife Barbara wishes for a good car and a bank deposit. Piotr decides to set up a fast food outlet selling fries and French bread pizzas, but the competition soon drives him out of business. All his attempts to enter the circle of business people also fail. Piotr seeks advice from an old Jew, Serafim, who suggests... that he should bury the money. His next enterprises – a copy shop and a marriage bureau – go up in smoke as well. During his holiday in the mountains, Nowosad meets Szymański, who offers him buying a frog farm for the export market. Unfortunately, this time the plans to develop the business are thwarted by the Conservation Association. Devastated, he unexpectedly learns from the TV news that his scientific work in the field of sociology has become a commercial success in England. Piotr is preparing to travel to London.