Finding connections between a traditional Christmas dish and sentenced prisoners leads to taking a closer look at questions concerning freedom and identity. Is a debt to society redeemable with sorrow?

Marek Moučka is a documentary film student at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava, in the Faculty of Film and TV; his interests include various media, analogue techniques, photography, and theatre. Moučka is intrigued by the differences that arise from different social backgrounds – as he deftly shows us in the short film Shallow Waters.