Ruth (Lena Dunham), an American journalist compelled by the fall of Iron Curtain, travels to Poland with her father, Edek (Stephen Fry), to visit his childhood town. But Edek, a Holocaust survivor, resists reliving his trauma and sabotages the trip, never ceasing to poke fun at her odd fixation on a past he deems long gone.
Ruth (Lena Dunham), an American journalist compelled by the fall of Iron Curtain, travels to Poland with her father, Edek (Stephen Fry), to visit his childhood town. But Edek, a Holocaust survivor, resists reliving his trauma and sabotages the trip, never ceasing to poke fun at her odd fixation on a past he deems long gone.