Hanoi-Warsaw

Synopsis

A young Vietnamese girl comes to Poland through the green border. She has to get to Warsaw, where her fiancé and a better life are waiting for her. A journey through Poland is the hell of humiliation and violence. The girl escapes her brutal carriers penniless, not knowing the language she tries to get to Warsaw. Yet, her fiancé is locked up in a deportation arrest. Lonely and desperate, Ahn has to decide – report herself to the police and risk deportation or fight for survival?

Director Biography

Born in 1977, she graduated from the Directing Department of the Polish National School of Film, Television and Theater in Łódź. Her documentary “Wasserschlacht – The Great Border Battle”, produced with Andrew Friedman, received the Berlin Today Award at the 2007 Berlinale. Her documentary works include “Krystian Lupa’s Labyrinth” (2003) and “Nothing to Lose” (2009).