Fashion House Limanka
The Last Train to Warsaw
Fashion House Limanka presents its latest production, a film called The Last Train to Warsaw, inspired by the best traditions of Łódź’s film and textile industries.
Set in a post-apocalyptic scenery, the short film tells the story of tension-filled preparations for the trip of a lifetime. Tall expectations in a world of limited opportunities, bygone fame, and reawakened hopes become the driving forces for an art collective seeking access to the salons of the Warsaw art world and a way to achieve commercial success in a shower of social-media likes.
The film, Limanka’s latest production, is based on the experience of living in precarity and privation. An experience of living in a city of contrasts, a cradle of infanticidal women, a city housing Poland’s oldest collection of contemporary art. But the story can also be interpreted in more universal terms – as a fantasy about crossing the boundary between an imaginary centre and a colonized periphery. In the near future, Łódź becomes a land of suckers, losers, and lamers. Escape routes had been cut off before a group of influencers managed to flee. Four artists, convinced of their uniqueness and driven by memories of past fame, decide to take matters into their own hands. Will they win a ticket to the better world? Will the lobby of the new Łódź Fabryczna train station, empty since opening day, become a gateway to a global career?
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- Szymon Żydek
