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synopsis

Lucyna and Krzysztof are a long-time married couple who operate a salvage yard in a socially excluded area of Łódź, Poland. Patrycja Polkowska’s observational documentary captures how the couple transforms the salvage yard every day into an eccentric microcosm where all those who are offended or humiliated can find help.

biography

Patrycja Polkowska (1989) is a Polish director and student at the Łódź film school. To date she has shot short fiction and documentary films, such as Reborn Tutorial (2013), about a factory that makes dolls that are indistinguishable from real children.

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