Let's Wait a Little Longer

Let's Wait a Little Longer

2025 · 15 min · Drama

Post-war Poland. 10-year-old Marysia lives in the countryside with her mother, Helena, who survived a concentration camp. One day Helena announces that her brother - Marysia's uncle - is coming to join them for dinner. Although Marysia herself survived the occupation in shelter, she experiences first-hand that the nightmare of war does not end with the ceasefire.

Directed by Wiktoria Kwoka · Written by Wiktoria Kwoka

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