Continuing in the tradition of master filmmaker Krzysztof Kieślowski, this new Polish feature explores a set of sophisticated human relationships by following a cast of characters who communicate and mature through suffering and hope. Malgośka Szumowska is one of the rising stars of Polish cinema. Her new feature, loosely based on some of her own life experiences, explores what happens when a woman's world collapses around her, forcing her to completely re-evaluate the way she sees herself. Julia has the perfect life: a loving husband, a beautiful home and a successful career as a photographer. In one year, that will all change. Driven by an astonishing collection of resilient characters, Szumowska's poetic view of the world's innate disorder seems to be saying that though we are all bound for some unhappiness, the certainty of this reality, combined with the transient nature of suffering, unites us as human beings. Dimitri Eipides