Warsaw 1988: Jerzy wants to go to the West. His destination is America. But his money is only enough for Berlin for the time being. There he meets Ewa again, whom he met on his last day in Poland. The two become closer. They all take jobs and have little time for each other. Nevertheless, there are some moments of happiness, until Ewa disappears without leaving an address. "Everywhere is better where we are not" - the title is a Polish proverb found on the walls of houses in Warsaw in 1981 after the declaration of martial law - is a small, dirty, poetic black and white film. Is a cheap film that has to do with the atmospheric charm of a Jim Jarmusch film and the earlier road movies of a Wim Wenders. Which likes its participants, does not denounce or attack them, but calmly describes what soul and eyes experience. It is atmospheric and sad without being immediately snivelling. Who tells a story of today." (Hans-Ulrich Pönack)
Either the grass is greener, or the houses are bigger, or the sun is warmer ... anywhere else is better.
Warsaw 1988: Jerzy wants to go to the West. His destination is America. But his money is only enough for Berlin for the time being. There he meets Ewa again, whom he met on his last day in Poland. The two become closer. They all take jobs and have little time for each other. Nevertheless, there are some moments of happiness, until Ewa disappears without leaving an address.
"Everywhere is better where we are not" - the title is a Polish proverb found on the walls of houses in Warsaw in 1981 after the declaration of martial law - is a small, dirty, poetic black and white film. Is a cheap film that has to do with the atmospheric charm of a Jim Jarmusch film and the earlier road movies of a Wim Wenders. Which likes its participants, does not denounce or attack them, but calmly describes what soul and eyes experience. It is atmospheric and sad without being immediately snivelling. Who tells a story of today." (Hans-Ulrich Pönack)