一直作為米路斯．科曼劇本鐵三角（另一位是帕培錫，也是本片編劇之一）成員的艾雲．巴薩，當然也走低度戲劇路線。同是音樂家的彼德與卡洛老友重逢，生活狀況大不同，你有伴侶我有家庭，然而都有說不出的不明朗，唯有以酒與音樂代替口水。全片推展不問目的，只在剎那間的意圖，行行企企比起科曼更義無反顧，卻有生活淡如流水的詩意和繆思，叫觀眾聯想到二十年後的伊力．盧馬。巴薩鍾愛音樂的程度不下於文字和電影，古典音樂與民間音樂於全片迴轉迴盪，難怪成了奇斯洛夫斯基十大心愛電影之一。

A workman is accidentally sent into outer space, where he meets an alien that can make himself invisible. They return to Earth in the year 2447. Complications ensue.

This futuristic science fiction comedy features an atomic bomb blast that causes women to grow beards and lose the ability to have children. A summit meeting is held at the United Nations, with the proposed solution of building a time machine. The decision is made to travel back in time and murder Einstein, with the hopeful result being that without the noted mathematician's research there will be no atomic bombs.

早餐：简陋肮脏的斗室中，坐着一个静默不动、胸口上挂着说明书的眼镜男人。这时从门外进来一个秃顶男人，他环视房间，笨拙地按照说明书将硬币塞进眼镜的嘴里。简单操作之后，热狗和牛奶从眼镜胸口中送出，秃顶大快朵颐，继而僵直不动。眼镜摘下说明书，留下秃顶等待另一位顾客……
中餐：两个陌生人坐在一张桌子前，繁忙的侍者永远不来招呼他们。饥肠辘辘的两个人只得开始吃眼前的东西……
晚餐：每个人的盘子里都放着自己身体的一部分……