Five devoted friends had a great dream from childhood - they wanted to shake the Polish metal scene and gather crowds at concerts, all under the name of the band with an ominously sounding name: Exterminator.
Time, however, showed that youthful ambitions are one thing and life is the other. Currently, the band's leader, Marcys, works in his father's shop and is in crisis with Magda. The guitar virtuoso Lizzy is a private employee of the bank. The third man, bassist Jaromir, conquers the card every day in a polyurethane foam factory and tries hard to meet the responsibilities of the father of the family. Drummer Makar landed in a psychiatric facility. In turn, the fifth - Cypek - left to earn abroad.
One day, old memories return when the mayor turns out to be a huge Exterminator fan from the old days...
A film about a man with a breakthrough history of Poland in the background. Edward Gierek is one of the most important figures of the 20th century in the collective memory of Polish people. Even though he stands in line with notables like John Paul II, Jozef Pilsudski or Lech Walesa, film industry hasn't noticed him yet. Janusz Iwanowski and Jolanta Owczarczyk, producers, decided to fill this gap. The film is set in the years 1970-1982, when Edward Gierek becomes First Secretary of the Central Committee of the PZPR (Central Committee of the Polish United Worker's Party) until his internment. It won't be a political film. The audience will see Edward Gierek behind the scenes of his political power. Family relations that have never seen the light of day are an essential part of this story. The filming was preceded by months of preparations and rehearsals with actors as well as appearance transformations. The film was shot in the South of Poland: in Katowice, Ustron, Zawiercie, as well as in Warsaw, Deblin and the Imperial Shipyard in Gdansk.