The village of Osinów Dolny lies near the German border and proudly boasts 43 hair salons. The price for a short haircut: seven Euros. While the older hairdresser Halina and her unmotivated assistant Andżela wait for customers, Halina offers unsolicited life advice. The customers usually come from across the border in Germany; the older ones remember when the village was still called Niederwutzen. This place has gone through many transformations over the course of German and Polish history. Customers are dwindling, competition grows fiercer. But gossip and small talk in the hairdresser’s seat – that’s eternal.

Director: Igor Chojna
Writer: Igor Chojna
Camera: Jakub Czerwiński
Sound: Rafał Nowak
Editor: Katarzyna Boniecka
Producer: Mariusz Włodarski
Co-producers: Michaela Pnacekova, Gunter Hanfgarn, Marc Bauder
Production: Lava Films
Co-production: HANFGARN & UFER
Sponsored by: BKM, Polnisches Filminstitut