On a clear and frosty January morning, at the beginning of the 21st century, a lone wolf crosses the frozen river that marks the border between Germany and Poland. The first to see it is the Polish immigrant Tomasz, caught in a huge traffic jam, on his return from Warsaw, caused by a chain accident following a major snowstorm. Tomasz manages to photograph the animal next to a road sign: they are eighty kilometers from their destination. Once the news is spread, the entire city indulges in euphoric speculation about the wolf's mysterious presence and its itineraries through the sprawling urban fabric.