Synopsis

## The Weight of Expectations **Logline:** In 1950s Poland, a young woman navigates societal pressures and familial expectations as she struggles to define her own identity within a world determined to confine her. **(Scene opens on a dimly lit room. ELIZA (20s), dressed in a simple dress, meticulously arranges flowers. Her mother, ANNA (50s), observes her with a mixture of pride and concern.)** **ANNA:** They will admire your handiwork, Eliza. Such grace… such domesticity. It is a gift