A story about women, set in the present and in 1950s Warsaw. Sabina, a quiet, shy woman who has just turned thirty lacks a man in her life. Her mother knows all about it and tries at all costs to find her daughter a good candidate for a husband. The whole situation is controlled by the grandmother, an eccentric lady with a sharp tongue from whom no secrets can be kept.
Acting
Krystyna Janda's dual role is masterclass in subtle menace.
Cinematography
Stunning 1950s Warsaw recreated with oppressive color palette.
Writing
Tone shifts from rom-com to thriller without warning.
Director
Borys Lankosz
Agata Buzek
Sabina
Krystyna Janda
Matka/Babcia Sabiny
Marcin Dorociński
Bronisław
Anna Polony
Sabina's grandmother
Adam Woronowicz
Mr. Józef
Bronisław Wrocławski
Barski
Łukasz Konopka
Arkadiusz Jankowsk
Błażej Wójcik
poeta Marcel Wodzicki
Jerzy Bończak
dostojnik Zygmunt
Jacek Poniedziałek
dostojnik
Joachim Lamża
generał Wiktor, sąsiad Jankowskich
Marek Probosz
Jason
Klara Bielawka
koleżanka z wydawnictwa
Olena Leonenko
generałowa
Agata Załęcka
koleżanka z wydawnictwa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Borys Lankosz won Best Director at Polish Film Awards for this, his debut feature—beating established veterans.
The film satirizes 1950s communist Poland's housing crisis, where marriage was often women's only path to independent living—making the 'thriller' element a literalization of systemic entrapment.
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