Pre-Production - POLISH, FRENCH, ENGLISH - Historical, Drama, Animation - 90 minutes
Year of production : 2021 Director(s) : Olivier PATTÉ , Rafael LEWANDOWSKI Writer(s) : Anita DORON, Antoine GERMA, Olivier PATTÉ Cast : Aleks KURAK, Karolina GRUSZKA, Mateusz DAMIECKI, Sonia MIETELICA, Eryk LUBOS Producer(s) : Maria BLICHARSKA (Donten & Lacroix Films), Damien MCDONALD (Blick Productions)
Poland 1939. By Stalin’s orders, a little boy, Jakub (11) is uprooted from his idyllic life and deported as « undesired element» to the remote corners of Siberia. Thus he commences a seven-year struggle to survive. Through the winter of Siberian gulag, wilderness of the Taiga and the soviet Uzbekistan, together with an intrepid and rebel Russian girl, Sasha (13), he will never stop dreaming about returning home.It is a film about hope, love and irony of fate. Based on historic events.
Country(ies) : POLAND, FRANCE, BELGIUM Financing plan : Creative Europe Media CNC/FFANipkow Foundation PROCIREP ANGOARégion Nouvelle Aquitaine ACE Animation Special