Andrzej Warcaba

The story of the late 90s generation and the three friends behind the music: Magik, Fokus and Rahim. The fact-based film charts the relentless struggle for success of Paktofonika, against the backdrop of crumbling traditional values in dreary 90s Silesia.

Joseph is 40 years old and has little reason to greet each morning with a smile on his lips. He has had as many women in his life as friends - zero. His living space does not exceed three square meters. That's how much space he has both at work (a parking shed) and in his apartment (a room in his mother's place). The situation is further complicated when one day he is arrested by two strange men in unfashionable suits.

“Laura” is based on a true story about a dramatic search and rescue mission at Halemba coal mine that gripped Poland in February of 2006. A miner was trapped underground, and by the fourth day when everyone was beginning to lose hope of his safe return, the rescue team heard a faint knocking on the pipeline. After a nearly a week long search, the miner was rescued. Those who followed the story closely called it a miracle. But the miner claimed that what saved him was stronger than a miracle – his love for his daughter Laura, and his wife Marlena.