UK/Ireland/Poland, 90 mins, 35mm, fiction, dir. Rafael Kapelinski, producers: Monika Braid, Ailish McElmeel, executive producer: Michael Garland, associate producer: Kasia Skibinska, production companies: Braidmade Films and Grand Pictures
Development funding: Polish Film Institute, Irish Film Board, MEDIA Programme
Synopsis
Stefan Makowski (40), once a successful businessman in Poland, is now a homeless immigrant in London. He ravishes in the freedom of anonymity of life in a big city living on top of the roof of a Chinese restaurant. However to his family in Poland he reports of a successful corporate career. He gets away with his double life – until his estranged wife, Emily, comes for an unexpected visit. Surprisingly, confrontation with the hidden truths on both sides brings them close together again.