Pepa, the film’s writer and narrator, has "order" in her life, but her brother and two cousins David and Marco have taken to the street, where each faces addiction. A balancing act between love and contempt, care and destruction on film, that seeks to find whether family saves our life or – on the contrary – destroys it.

Can we resist the pull of family history, trauma and circumstance, and what does it take to find a different path?

THE BIGGER PICTURE:

Breaking Inherited Patterns - Ways Out of Addition

This is a conversation that goes beyond the film, inviting us to consider our own experiences and perspectives. Dr. John Goodwin, School of Nursing & Midwifery, University College Cork, discusses with addiction expert Dr. Peter Kelly and the filmmaker how and if one can resist this curse. Audience members are warmly invited to contribute their testimonies, reflections and questions.

Guests: Filmmaker Pepa Lubojacki, Dr. Peter Kelly (Associate Professor in Mental Health Nursing, Trinity College Dublin); Moderator: Dr. Johnny Goodwin ((University College Cork Programme Director, BSc Mental Health Nursing).

If Pigeons Turned to Gold won the Best Documentary award at the 2026 Berlinale.

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