In the opening scene of Never Gonna Snow Again, Poland's contender for the 2021 international film Oscar, we see a muscular man step out of a mystical forest and make his way to a concrete, Soviet-style government building.
He's a foreigner — from Ukraine — and is there to secure a residency permit.There's no love coming from the face of the grey bureaucrat behind the desk but, with a wave of his hands, and some whispered words in Russian, the bureaucrat falls into a deep slumber.
The muscular man stamps his own documents and walks out the door. As he does, the camera pans to a record player, which magically springs into action.
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