The film tells a story of two scrap pickers - the title hero Edi and his friend Jureczek. Edi is wrongly accused of having raped the girl whose brothers have got the control over one of the city areas. Edi is severely punished for that but he accepts his fate taking care of the girl's child.
Acting
Henryk Gołębiewski's wordless performance breaks your heart.
Direction
Trzaskalski finds beauty in industrial decay.
Writing
No speeches, just actions that speak volumes.
Director
Piotr Trzaskalski
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Henryk Gołębiewski was a non-professional actor discovered in a Warsaw bar; this was his first and only major role.
Shot in Łódź's abandoned factory districts, the film captures post-communist Poland's 'transition poverty' rarely seen in Western cinema.
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