Aleksandra Walczak

After her sister’s sudden death, Oliwia returns from Berlin to Warsaw and unexpectedly becomes the temporary caretaker of her eleven-year-old nephew. In the days that follow, she faces a quiet reckoning: return to her life abroad or try to become a home for him.

Drew, a Vietnamese immigrant in Warsaw, spends his days working in his mother’s grocery shop, constrained by her rigid expectations. Behind closed doors, he leads a secret life as a nail artist, crafting intricate designs and breaking cultural taboos. When he meets Bo, a nail artist and owner of a nearby beauty salon, she recognises his talent and spurs him into action.

The outsider returns to her childhood house to check on her ailing father, but as tensions with her younger sister resurface, the past unravels, distorting time and memory in a place that no longer feels like home.