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After climbing Broad Peak mountain, Maciej Berbeka learns his journey to the summit is incomplete. 25 years later, he sets out to finish what he started.

Documentary about Zygmunt Bauman - one of the most influential conteporary sociologists The documentary, which runs just under one hour, consists of four parts: "Culture", "Europe", "The World", and "Himself". Zygmunt Bauman's reflections on the culture and times in which we live ("Ours is not a culture of learning, but of forgetting," "The ultimate result of the blossoming of culture, which we have undoubtedly witnessed in the passing years, is a feeling of having gone astray") and Europe's role in building a global order ("Europe is good at developing the skills needed to live with communities that are different from our own," "No claim about the superiority of one culture over another can be sustained today") are interspersed with more personal themes. The creators of the film have succeeded in painting a portrait of one of the world's most important sociologists, augmenting it with his family story, thanks to interviews with his daughters and private conversations with other important characters. Zygmunt Bauman's famous unwillingness to discuss his personal life makes this insight all the more precious (when prompted with such questions, the professor describes them as "the most boring of all the subjects he could talk about."). Zygmunt Bauman died in Leeds on 9 January 2017.

Piotr is a former member of Warsaw mafia, who leaving the prison, desides to make a new start in life. But in his case turning over a new leaf is not easy. Person who reaches behind his violent façade is Magda, a visual artist. Touched by Piotr's tragic story, Magda decides to create a stop-motion animation about his life. During that time Piotr takes up his first legal job as hospice assistant. Surrounded by the warmth and happiness of Magda's countryside home, where he is a frequent guest and while working with helpless elderly people, he gains an opportunity for a new beginning and a deep transformation. But will he be able to seize it?

Maria, 27, plays on violin in folk music band with two old man. They travel to Folk music competition to Kazimierz Dolny. During their stay it appears that Maria has a classical music high education and the choice to turn to folk was her important decision with influence for whole her life. But she is still in the crucial moment, with lot's of doubts and hopes for the future. The band wins the price, but Maria feels it is only beginning of her difficult trip.