Inmates in a women’s prison take a cookery course from two chefs. They create a luxurious evening meal – with lobster on the menu – while scenes edited in parallel show the food normally served up in the cells. This makes it painfully clear how dull life in the prison usually is.
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Film details
- Country of production
- Poland
- Year
- 2013
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2018
- Length
- 13"
- Medium/Format
- File
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