A man and a woman meet in the ruins of post-war Poland. With vastly different backgrounds and temperaments, they are fatally mismatched and yet drawn to each other.
Social & External
Zuzanna 'Zula' Lichoń
Wiktor Warski
Lech Kaczmarek
Irena Bielecka
Michel
Juliette
Consul
Minister
Camp Guard
Sleuth 1
Sleuth 2
Waitress
A complex web of emotions which unfolds the grounding difference between love & predilection. An underlying, but prominent current of class difference between Indrajit & Zoya, brings clarity to the waters that they're in.
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