Marta shares a room with her sister Kasia and their grandma who tells them stories from the Warsaw Uprising. Marta's parents, Tadek and Elzbieta live in the adjacent room. He is an educated person, humiliated by the system, envious of his opulent brother-in-law. She is the leader of her workplace union, Solidarity, with a need for freedom and a dream to finally break out of Poland. However, for the whole family true emotions start once a dream orange Fiat 126p parks in front of their apartment building.