The film depicts stories told by several train drivers, sharing their thoughts on fortune and destiny. On a surface an average job, train driving involves considerable amount of stress. Suiciders, cows, even tanks are blocking the road. The encounter of death is a part of their profession. Its frequency results in specific dark humor. High human drama is just statistics here, important is the schedule and hustle of cleaning the tracks.
Juliette Binoche and Benoît Régent, the stars of Kieslowski's Trois couleurs: Bleu (1993), and Julie Delpy and Zbigniew Zamachowski, the stars of Kieslowski's Trzy kolory: Bialy (1994), make cameo appearances at the end of this film. During the scene in the music store, the main theme from Trzy kolory: Bialy (1994) can be heard playing in the background. At the end, during the ship catastrophe, we see real life/TV footage of the sinking of the ferry "Herald of Free Enterpris ...[Read Story ]