The March of Herring

In a small Kashubian fishing village, Ewa returns from London to care for her dying father, Józwa, one of the last coastal fishermen in the area. Proud and stubborn, Józwa does not want to spend his final days in bed, dependent on his daughter. Instead, he joins a traditional procession walking across the shallow waters of Puck Bay. 

Ewa follows him into the sea, angry and afraid. As they move farther from the shore, the march becomes Józwa’s farewell to life: to the sea, to his work, to his body, and to the daughter he never knew how to love openly. For Ewa, it is a painful journey toward accepting that she cannot save him, only accompany him.

Set in a disappearing world of Kashubian language, fishing, and ritual, The March of Herring is a road movie on water, with dry humor and quiet magical realism. It is a story about death, dignity, and the last walk we take with those we love.