Raised in Warsaw's Praga, Mirka graduated from the prestigious faculty of law. It would seem that her profession would even be detracted from the honor of a family with cunning roots. The girl's grandfather and father pride themselves on stays in numerous prisons. However, Mirka's legal knowledge can be very useful in the fight to save the old tenement house. As a result of a suspicious transaction, the tenement house where Mirka has been living since childhood is to be demolished. All the leads lead to the law firm "Łopian i Pokrzywa", which is just looking for a new lawyer - a man. In order to help the inhabitants of the family tenement house, Mirka must engage in a daring hoax. She is helped by her uncle Bogumił, a makeup artist and a representative of a sexual minority. Thanks to him, a beautiful girl will turn into a handsome young man and hire him in a suspicious office.
Costume
Mirka's transformation into 'Mirek' is gloriously unconvincing
Acting
Anna Przybylska commits hard to the dual role gimmick

Director
Olaf Lubaszenko
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Olaf Lubaszenko cast his own father Edward Linde-Lubaszenko as Józef, keeping it absolutely in the family.
The film satirizes Poland's post-communist property restitution chaos, where real tenements were stolen through shady legal deals—making the comedy oddly specific to Warsaw's 2000s gentrification wars.
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