For the eccentric Marcin Harlender the most important thing is art. And he defends himself against the outer world with it. It is thus logical that Marcin, his pregnant wife and their four children are shown almost exclusively in their grimy, littered small apartment. The film does not denounce their lifestyle, far removed as it is from conventional norms, verging on the irresponsible. At least for the compulsive hoarder Marcin, who is afraid a magician will change him into a mechanical metal kangaroo, it functions.