Moja Australia

A somber, slow-burning coming-of-age story about family secrets and identity, set in postwar Poland.

Directed by

Ami Drozd

Genres

Drama

Starring

Jakub Wróblewski, Aleksandra Popławska, Marcin Tyrol

Overview

City of Lodz in Poland, after the Second World War. Two brothers, Tadek and Andrzej, grow up without a father, and their mother, so busy at work, does not notice when the boys join a rowdy and anti-Semitic organization.Only when during a fight one of the boys gets hurt, she realizes what is going on. Then she decides to leave Poland together with her family and go to... Australia. At the end of the trip it comes out that the goal was not to reach Australia but Israel. Boys become aware of their and their family roots.

How it feels

Melancholic, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and needs your attention.

About

Identity, family, coming-of-age, isolation

Content

Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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