The New World

The New World

★ 6.9IMDb Score
Released:2015-09-17
Genre:Drama
Duration:90 min
Country:Poland
Director:Michał Wawrzecki, Elżbieta Benkowska, Łukasz Ostalski
Actors:Olga Kavalay-Aksyonova, Julian Świeżewski, Dominika Maiseyenka, Svetlana Anikej, Hassan Akkouch
Production:Telewizja Polska, Akson Studio

Overview:

Three stories of immigrants trying to start new lives in Poland: an Afghan traumatised by the war, a Ukrainian lost in her own body, and a Belarusian running away from painful love.

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