Andrzej Bonarski

A superhero comedy modeled on detective films and comic strip parodies, The Hydro-Riddle begins during a Warsaw heat-wave, in which the city's water supply has inexplicably vanished. Scientists and a detective desperately try to solve the mystery.

The action takes place in a custom office somewhere sounh of Poland. Basia, her 14-years old son and 17-years old cousin are travelling back from The West to Poland. Their bahama-coloured Fiat is filled up with capitalistic goods: food, clothes, etc. The both ladies are ready to sacrifice a lot to bring some of the goods home. However the custom officer appears to be a martinet and a beaurocrat, shockingly just and honest.

Three young friends travel round Poland and do the living acting out religious scenes and selling holy photo images at church fairs. Problems appear right after the theft of their camera.