June 1999. Bogdan has to buy alcohol for his wife's 50th birthday. His job is made much harder by the Pope's visit in Poland and the resulting prohibition. A simple search for vodka quickly turns into a metaphysical odyssey.
Social & External
The people behind it
Sebastian Stankiewicz
Bogdan
Izabela Dąbrowska
Bogdan's Wife
Artur Paczesny
Policeman
Oskar Stoczyński
Paweł
Klara Bielawka
Woman on The Staircase
Marcin Sztabiński
Man on The Staircase
Albert Osik
Policeman in TV
Ernest Lorek
Man leaving a birthday party
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