Two Worlds

Two Worlds

HDCS/ES
Director:Maciej Adamek
Length:51 minutes
Genre:Document

Family Happiness

Director: Maciej Adamek

Laura is only 12, but she knows how to negotiate a bank loan and how job interviews work Both of her parents are deaf and she spends much time accompanying them and interpreting into sign language. When it comes to dealing with authorities, she is far ahead of her peers, but otherwise she’s a normal girl with all of the anxieties of adolescence. When she doesn’t want her parents to “sign” into her life, she simply focuses her eyes on her mobile. She used to be ashamed of them, today she is glad she has them. This film portrait depicts the life of one uncommon family that is divided by more than just a generation gap.

Length: 51 min

Year: 2016

Country of origin:

  • Poland

Family Happiness

Director: Maciej Adamek

Laura is only 12, but she knows how to negotiate a bank loan and how job interviews work Both of her parents are deaf and she spends much time accompanying them and interpreting into sign language. When it comes to dealing with authorities, she is far ahead of her peers, but otherwise she’s a normal girl with all of the anxieties of adolescence. When she doesn’t want her parents to “sign” into her life, she simply focuses her eyes on her mobile. She used to be ashamed of them, today she is glad she has them. This film portrait depicts the life of one uncommon family that is divided by more than just a generation gap.

Year: 2016

Country of origin:

  • Poland