Wilimowski

He is a retired professor from Krakow who has lost his wife and is left with a son suffering from bone tuberculosis. She is a German who fled to the world's edge to open a hotel in the mountains on the Adriatic coast. They are residents of a remote village on the Croatian border, full of superstitions and fond of rumors and superstitions.

Fate will bring them all together in one place, and at the same time, when Polish striker Ernest Wilimowski scores four goals against the Brazilians during the Brazil-Poland soccer match in distant Strasbourg.