by Clarke Fountain
synopsis
In postwar Europe, Jens (Adam Koslowski) is having a difficult time. He is of Polish extraction, has a Danish name, and is attending a strict boarding school in Yugoslavia. He heads off to Denmark, which is where his Polish father (Boguslaw Linda) currently lives, and tries to help his father, who is nearly paralyzed with wistfulness and is unable to carry anything through to completion, especially surrounded as he is by unsympathetic Danes. Finding this environment almost as unpleasant as that in the boarding school, Jens returns to Yugoslavia and is met by a kindly old grandfather and brought to an idyllic country setting - or is he dreaming?
