介绍：卡罗尔（泽比纽·扎马洲斯基 Zbigniew Zamachowski饰）藏在妻子多明尼（朱丽·德尔比 Julie Delpy饰）的行李箱中，从波兰偷渡到了法国天堂般的生活并没有如愿展开，换来的是卡罗尔心中巨大的生活压力。他甚至失去了性能力，被多明尼赶出家门。带着妻子有了外遇的惨痛心情，还有一张美发师证书。卡罗尔决心回到波兰经营事业，再卷土重来。 历尽波折的卡罗尔终于回到自己的国土。他积极上进，忙于谋生，竟在房地产生意中打了漂亮的翻身仗，一举成为百万富翁。此时的他，以为可以让多明尼回到身边，然而妻子的拒绝却令他的自尊大为受伤。于是，卡罗尔决定用一场阴险的计谋，狠狠给妻子一个报复。然而当卡罗尔得逞后，他又能换来什么呢？

介绍：A bit of color for once, all the better to see the red flags with, not to mention the obvious aerial file footage of Warsaw. The story concerns Jozef Malesa, the mason or bricklayer of the title. He was once the darling of the party, the son of two old party activists, a worker of heroic reputation, his own commitment to The Movement unquestioned. He was chosen to be destined for great things, specially educated and pushed forward to positions of responsibility in the Party. Eventually he decides, because of the ethical pressures which he feels from the obstructionism of the bureaucracy from above, he asks to return to be a simple bricklayer. He is disturbed with the way the Party deals with people, especially their lack of direct contact. He thinks workers know better than the leadership many times but that's not the way power flows. He is uncomfortable with the compromises to his idealism. He remains committed to social justice and joins his friends for the May Day rally where his comfort and confidence in his place in society cause him to defer to no man, certainly no rat faced men in overcoats with red armbands. His great pleasure in life moreover is laying brick. He finds the work satisfying and fulfilling which is why he was such an obviously superior worker in the first place.