Małgosia, a young girl from the countryside, arrives in Warsaw. She wants to get into college, find a job, and meet her "prince charming." Before her entrance exams to the Academy of Fine Arts, she meets young Piotr. Małgosia falls in love with him, and he, too, falls in love with her. They live together for part of their studies and afterward. They both work at a catering company, but that's not the pinnacle of Małgosia's dreams. She applies for a job at an advertising agency.
Acting
Anna Cieślak's endearing, unpolished everywoman energy anchors the chaos.
Production
2007 Warsaw captured in gloriously ungentrified, pre-Eurozone energy.
Director
Ryszard Zatorski
Anna Cieślak
Małgosia
Maciej Zakościelny
Jan
Małgorzata Kożuchowska
Renata
Anna Przybylska
Ms. Ania
Tomasz Kot
Dawid
Antoni Pawlicki
Piotr
Joanna Jabłczyńska
Monika
Agnieszka Warchulska
Ewa
Paweł Królikowski
Małgosia's Father
Jakub Wesołowski
Wojtek
Przemysław Cypryański
Marek
Katarzyna Glinka
Receptionist
Marta A. Zygadło
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Poland's pre-2008 economic boom, it captures the exact moment when emigration stopped being mandatory and 'staying' became a choice — making it accidentally nostalgic now.
Director Ryszard Zatorski was primarily a TV soap veteran; this was his rare theatrical swing, explaining the melodramatic beats that critics hated but audiences secretly loved.
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