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A little boy walks through a toy store full of people talking a strange and incomprehensible language. Alone he bonds with a young mother who finds a way to communicate with him without words. He is going to tell her something she never expected.

director bio Robin Polák

Robin Polák was born in Prag, Czech Republic. He emigrated with his parents to Germany in the early 80ies. After matriculation he worked as a runner on a German film set, thereafter  became boom operator at Studio Babelsberg. 2000 he went for an internship at MTV and continued as a trainee. During this time he shot several trailer, TV- formats and shorts. After two years he became an editorial journalist. He quit MTV in 2002 and started to work as a freelance director. In 2009 he won the Young Director Award in Cannes. At the moment Robin is based in Berlin and is working as a director and writer.