Iluminacja follows the education of a young man from his entry into college to his final achievement of a doctorate. Paralleling his outer education, his inner education about life, family, sexuality and spiritual values is revealed. By the time he achieves his doctorate, he has been told that he has a life-shortening heart disease. However, because of his two-fold education, he is fulfilled in what he has done and is not much distressed.

Set in the mountains of southeastern Poland, portrays the desperate lives of a group of outcast men who drive deadly roads in trucks loaded with timber.

A bachelor architect's life is turned upside down when he discovers he has a daughter and finds himself falling in love.