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Everything's Fine, Potatoes in Line

director: Piotr Jasiński

original title: Wszystko w Porządku, Ziemniaki w Żołądku

country: Poland, Czech Republic

year: 2022

running time: 13 min.

synopsis

The operation of the Turów brown coal mine and electric plant in the area around the Czech-Polish-German tripoint has been springing tensions in international relations. For the Polish, Turów is a means of livelihood, while local Czechs fear an eventual expansion of the plant would lead to drinking water deficiency and other ecological problems. This conflict, seen from a distance, is symbolized by the Czech-Polish contest for the best homemade potato salad, in which Teresa, whose family is employed at the plant, takes part.

“You know, we are just ‘lowly humans’, we don’t decide anything. It would be very bad if we didn’t have water here, but we don’t understand these things, it’s a game amongst those at the top.” – Anonymous protagonist

biography

Piotr Jasiński was born in Poland and he is currently a Master’s degree student at FAMU International as part of the Visegrad Fund Scholarship.

more about film

director:	Piotr Jasiński
producer:	Amelie Kostelková
photography:	Vojtěch Lukeš
editing:	Oleksandr Veremeyenko
music:	Haštal Hapka
sound:	Vojtěch Vilém Cibulka

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