What if your jailer became your family in 29 devastating minutes?
Nikodem serves his sentence under a new penitentiary programme involving work at the house of Maja and Łukasz, who have full power over him. The household members are surprised when Nikodem's appeal is successful and he regains his freedom. Despite the fact that they could have parted ways and never met again, they stay together for one more day.
Acting
Chyra's silence speaks volumes; you can't look away.
Direction
Piekarski turns domestic spaces into psychological battlefields.
Director
Grzegorz Piekarski
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real Polish penitentiary work programs—domestic labor replaces bars, but power structures remain.
The 29-minute runtime isn't compression; it's suffocation. No escape, not even for the audience.
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