The residents of a grim 1970s apartment building - the owner of a neighborhood bar and his daughter, who works at the post office, a stockman of fairground junk, a maiden who dreams of becoming a model and winning the affections of the local handsome man, a lonely woman living among rubber dolls, a computer geek, five tracksuiters who spend their time between the gym and aggression towards the weak - try to reconcile in their daily lives the remnants of the People's Republic of Poland with new behavior patterns, gadgets and devices.
Production
Perfectly grimy 1970s apartment block sets.
Acting
January Brunov's terrifying gym bro energy.
Writing
Satire so specific it barely translates.
Director
Marek Bukowski
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Poland's EU accession talks, satirizing a nation terrified of being left behind by modernity while still hoarding communist-era trauma.
Director Marek Bukowski cast his own daughter Ewa as Ewa, the model-aspirant—a nepotism choice that accidentally mirrors the film's themes of inherited disappointment.
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