Janina Duszejko, a retired building engineer, astrologist and vegetarian, lives in a small mountainside village on the Czech-Polish border. One day, her beloved dogs go missing. Some months later she discovers the corpse of her neighbour, a hunter. The only clues to explain this mysterious death, are footprints of deer that circle the house...
Agnieszka Holland (Europe, Europe) has described her film as an 'anarchist-feminist ecological crime film with elements of black comedy', with foreign critics dubbing it the 'Polish Fargo'. Winner of the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival.