Two college students—Hania and Janek—meet and fall in love amidst the social turmoil and Jewish discrimination of 1960s Warsaw. Initially uninterested in politics, the young lovers are forced to confront harsh realities when Hania’s parents lose their jobs in an antisemitic purge and face deportation. Hania doesn’t want to part from Janek, and together they soon participate in a protest rally at the university. When the demonstration is met with a violent crackdown by the repressive authoritarian regime, they discover freedom comes at a high price.