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The documentary features two young protagonists: Ola and
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An impromptu party in the school gym becomes a much-needed breath of oxygen for Ola, and the approach of
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It teaches that no failure is final. Especially when love is involved. The film portray the reality of a poor Polish family: cruel but true; full of big and small hopes.
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afford. Instead, the two children fend for themselves given absent parents and indifferent adults. Ola hopes to bring her mother home. Her 13-year-old brother
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