Karol is a Polish hairdresser living in Paris, who finds himself living on the streets after being kicked out by his wife, Dominique. Whilst begging on the Metro, Karol is befriended by his fellow countryman Mikolaj, who agrees to smuggle him back to Warsaw in a trunk. Once home, Karol rebuilds his life, and, by cunning means, starts to make enormous profits in Poland’s new free-market system. Putting his newly-acquired wealth to use, he enacts a complex plan to bring Dominque back into his life.