Where Eskimos Live
2002 film by Tomasz Wiszniewski
Where Eskimos Live (Polish: Tam, gdzie żyją Eskimosi) is a feature film released in 2002. It was a Polish-American-British and Germany co-operation.
Sharkey, posing as a UNICEF rescuer of war orphans but really part of the sinister world of child trafficking, picks up Vlado, an orphan of war dreaming of freedom and a better life. They embark upon a strange and enlightening journey through war-torn Bosnia. As they struggle to leave the country and fight to stay alive, they discover love and compassion from which emerges moral and spiritual redemption.
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