The Kiosk

Pole, who are you? This film collage that combines archival and contemporary materials, documentary and staged pictures, press reports, social announcements, sale offers and speech excerpts is an attempt to answer this question. Referring to the Polish tradition of a creative documentary in the style of Wojciech Wiszniewski, the film presents various manifestations of Polishness: patriotic and religious rituals, everyday traditions as well as characteristic landscapes or intimate memories from childhood.

Marlena struggles with a serious marital crisis due to the alcohol addiction of her husband, Zbigniew. Via the Internet she meets Bruno, a Senegalese, who brings back Marlena’s self-confidence and sense of womanhood. However, it turns out that the man plans something rather different for her than building a relationship with her…

They come to buy newspapers and cigarettes, boast, complain, or talk. A mother with a teething baby, a woman worried about her cat’s disease, an old man devoted to the Catholic radio… How many people in the kiosk window with so many small and big human stories, funny and bitter ones, always authentic and not leaving a viewer indifferent.

Old age. It affects everyone and there is no cure for it. Stanislaw and Maria are elderly and are slowly losing their ability to live independently. Their daughter Ewa comes to their aid when she discovers her mother's embarrassing problem. Because of this, women go on the warpath. The film shows how important it is to call a spade a spade - especially in the bosom of the family. Facing difficult challenges together turns out to be - in itself - an important therapeutic tool and at the same time integrating family bonds.