A yacht party becomes a political prison when tanks roll in — and the host isn't home.
December, 1981. World-class champion Ewa Jaskólska is looking forward to a cruise around the world with her yacht. At her farewell party, several people are present that are connected to the new Solidarnośc movement. The guests are filmed by a TV journalist. The introduction of the martial law in Poland leads to problems for all people involved. Can Ewa go back to her home country after these dramatic changes in Poland?
Acting
Krystyna Janda's contained panic as paradise curdles.
Direction
Tchórzewski traps cosmopolitan ease inside national catastrophe.
Writing
Dialogue that smiles while the walls close in.
Director
Krzysztof Tchórzewski
Krystyna Janda
żeglarka Ewa Jaskólska
Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak
Agata
Janusz Gajos
Jakub Jasiński, komandor jachtklubu Stoczni Gdańskiej
Jan Englert
Jerzy, konstruktor łodzi, były mąż Ewy
Marian Opania
dziennikarz Maciek Szumiński
Bogusław Augustyn
pracownik "Radio Gdynia"
Marek Bargiełowski
przyjaciel Jakuba
Henryk Bista
mężczyzna na przyjęciu
Ewa Błaszczyk
kobieta przeszukiwana na ulicy
Jacek Fedorowicz
występuje w roli samego siebie
Jolanta Grusznic
sekretarka Jasińskiego
Lech Grzmociński
dyrektor stoczni
Jerzy Kiszkis
dziennikarz TV Gdańsk
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during the final months of Polish People's Republic, with Solidarność still illegal — cast and crew were literally making a film about underground resistance while living it.
Krystyna Janda based Ewa's physicality on real yachtswoman Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz, first woman to circumnavigate solo — who was also monitored by state security.
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