 Zofia is an elderly woman living in an retirement home. Separate from the rest, she talks seldom and then only about visiting her daughter s family for Christmas. When she comes to her daughter s home unannounced, her stay is spoiled by the damage to her son-in-law doctorate bookmarks which she removed unknowingly during dusting. She then spends Christmas in an empty restaurant, surrounded by waiters and musicians waiting to be tipped.