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202158 minPGdocumentary

Only the Wind

202158 minPGdocumentary

A ninety-year-old man travels to Kazakhstan with his granddaughter to revisit his childhood memories from exile in the 1940s.

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Zofia Kowalewska

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A ninety-year-old man travels to Kazakhstan with his granddaughter to revisit his childhood memories from exile in the 1940s.

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Zofia Kowalewska

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A ninety-year-old man travels to Kazakhstan with his granddaughter. He was exiled there as a child in the 1940s. The trip aims to reconnect him with his past and the memories captured in faded photographs. As they visit significant locations from his childhood, they face challenges in presenting his story. The film runs for 58 minutes and offers a personal look at history and memory.

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