Young Belarusian Aleksei (Franz Rogowski) is impatient for a better life in Europe. Coming from a country under dictatorship and with very strong Russian ties, the political isolation of which has made it suffocating for the younger generations, he is seduced by the idea of a borderless, communal whole where everybody counts for something.
The audience first meets him on the bus to Poland, pretending to be a soccer fan on his way to a game in order to get a temporary visa.
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