Julia Turczynowicz-Suszycka

Poland in the 80’s was a country ruled by crisis and a sense of hopelessness. Only few knew how to turn crisis into a business. It was a golden time for them. How did they know what would bring them money? How did they operate in a country where almost everything was forbidden?

1941, le ghetto de Varsovie. Filip, un jeune juif polonais, et sa bien-aimée Sarah s'apprêtent à se produire dans un cabaret pour gagner leur vie. Lors de la première, une fusillade a lieu, au cours de laquelle Sara, ainsi que les proches de Philip assis dans le public sont tués. Deux ans plus tard, l'homme travaille comme serveur dans le restaurant d'un hôtel haut de gamme de Francfort.

Janek, who has two wives, skillfully maneuvers between them. The risk that one of his loved ones will learn about a double relationship increases dramatically and every lie will have colossal effects.

Tired of just scraping by, an ambitious janitor scams and schemes his way to the good life in 1980s Poland amid changing regimes and personal chaos.