Lazarus

Through a series of illegal adoption deals, Lazar - an orphan from Mozambique - ends up at the house of a Polish couple living in England. The artistic husband and his alcoholic wife had "ordered" a Latin American child to solve the latent tensions in their family. And Lazar, who is African, does anything but fit into their scheme. He is difficult to handle and reacts aggressive ly. Only the old father of the house, a quiet and resigned Polish soul, seems to get through to the boy's character. The child, after all, is no longer a child: behind the innocent faáade lurk atrocious remembrances of a cruel war...