Soon, the World Wide Web will once again become a playground for director Jan Komasa. After his successful 2011 film Suicide Room [+lee también:
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Actor Maciej Musiałowski stars as Tomek, a law student who is expelled from university for plagiarism. After the news gets out, he loses the support of his benefactors, the parents of his childhood friend. When he suddenly gains access to new technologies and a spying device, Tomek plots his revenge on his former supporters. The stakes are raised even higher when a politician running for the mayor of Warsaw’s office (Maciej Stuhr) gets embroiled in the situation. 

The main cast also includes Jacek Koman and Agata Kulesza (Ida [+lee también:
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The film is being produced by Naima Film and co-produced by private TV broadcaster TVN, as well as by the Polish branch of Canal+, Studio K2 and Coloroffon. The national distributor is Kino Świat, and the theatrical release is scheduled for 6 March 2020.