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Four days of Mateusz Wilczek
Mateusz, a Polish Border Guard, takes part in an operation to push migrants camping in a border forest back to Belarus. Among them is a family with children who claim to have lost important belongings. Returning to the site the next day, Mateusz finds their bag containing a phone number, which he impulsively calls. Over the next days, he receives unsettling messages and wrestles with what to do with the items in his possession. A story about the nature of forgetting in the European borderlands.
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Mateusz, a Polish Border Guard, takes part in an operation to push migrants camping in a border forest back to Belarus. Among them is a family with children who claim to have lost important belongings. Returning to the site the next day, Mateusz finds their bag containing a phone number, which he impulsively calls. Over the next days, he receives unsettling messages and wrestles with what to do with the items in his possession. A story about the nature of forgetting in the European borderlands.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Aleksandra Maciuszek
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Runtime:30 minutes
Studio:Studio Munka, Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich, ISTV Media, New Plot Films, Locomotive
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