A veteran returns home for his father's funeral, only to find himself waging a new war when horrifying secrets come to light.
Acting
Lubos simmers with barely contained veteran rage
Direction
Jankowiak finds beauty in industrial bleakness
Writing
Twist on 'prodigal son' hits uncomfortably hard
Director
Błażej Jankowiak
Eryk Lubos
Maks 'Diabeł' Achtelrik
Paulina Gałązka
Kaja Kloch
Krzysztof Stroiński
Janusz Dworski
Karol Bernacki
'Zimny'
Piotr Trojan
Romuald Kantor
Aleksandra Konieczna
Bernadetta Kloch
Maciej Maciejewski
'Klif'
Wojciech Machnicki
Kazimierz Górski
Robert Talarczyk
Wojciech Moczarski
Marek Kasprzyk
Priest Stanisław
Damian Kret
Young Police Officer
Filip Perkowski
Paweł Król
Piotr Nerlewski
Policeman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Polish cinema's recent wave of morally compromised veterans reflects national grappling with Afghanistan/Iraq deployments and the mental health crisis ignored by the state.
Lubos performed his own stunts after two weeks of Krav Maga training; the warehouse fight was shot in a single 11-minute take that left him with three cracked ribs.
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