During an expedition to Kanchenjunga, a young man dies. Wanda, who accompanied him, explains at a press conference how it happened. One of the funeral attendees, a documentary filmmaker, suggests that Wanda return to Kanchenjunga to retrieve the body of the missing climber. The boy's girlfriend, Anna, and her father Jerzy, a friend of Wanda's, join the expedition, which is to be made into a film. The four of them must confront not only the harsh nature, but also their own difficult past.
