Summer in a sleepy little Polish town, and six-year-old Stefek (Damian Ul, in a fresh performance that just skirts cutesiness) spots a man he’s convinced is his estranged dad.

Teenage sister Elka (Ewelina Walendziak) says he’s not, but she’s got her own agenda – which includes teaching Stefek how to “bribe fate” to make things happen the way you want. So maybe, given the right bribes, this could-be dad can be got back together with Stefek’s mum?

Andrzej Jakimowski’s gentle comedy h♋as hazy, loopy summer charm by the bucketload, enough to make you overlook the often wayward plotting and 💮shaky motivations.