Based on a novel by Stanisław Dygat, Partings forms a loose trilogy with How to be Loved and Gold Dreams, films all exploring themes of love and regret and the strange emotional and psychological resonance of time's inexorable passage. The story of a famous actress- played by the great Lidia Wysocka—returning to her humble hometown on the occasion of her grandfather's funeral, Partings explores the strange burden and inevitable disappointment of traditions, families and their inevitable dissolution. As she spends time in the house where she grew up, and which will soon be sold, the actress reflects upon her family's history and the kind of role-playing that took place within it.