Director: Janusz Kijowski
1977
The film is set in the late 1960s, at the start of a new academic year at the university. Students notice that several of their classmates' names are missing from the lists. A group of students, including Józef Moneta, decides to confront the dean to find out what happened to their peers. However, despite their efforts to clarify the situation, the matter is swept under the rug, and answers remain elusive. Józef grows increasingly worried and determined to get to the truth, which leads to internal tensions within the group as well as conflicts with the university authorities. His actions become more impulsive, and his commitment to unraveling the mystery risks ruining his future. The film portrays the drama of a young man facing a moral dilemma in the face of a system that does not tolerate attempts to ask uncomfortable questions.