Marie Scholjegerdes

Speedy, merciless and with plenty of black humor Gasman shows the picture of a man searching for his inner soul.

A highway at night. A rest stop with a snack bar. A man and a woman cross paths and nod. Who is up and about at this time of night? At the next stop, the same thing happens. A coincidence? One wonders what the two want.

The 20 year old El embarks on a search for his understanding of masculinity, for which he deals with his relationship with his father and struggles to find his new manhood.

In November 2021, people tried to enter the EU via Belarus and Poland, but the route turned out to be a death trap. All access points to the border region were blocked in order not to create an escape corridor. Men, women and children were stuck in no man’s land – in the middle of winter, in the middle of the forest, for weeks. The film follows Polish activists on their mission. They learn that humanitarian aid, just like the refugees themselves, comes up against borders.