A beauty pageant fixer on the run—underground Warsaw, broken promises, and one very bad day.
Polish businessman Jarek Branicki organizes a beauty pageant. As the man in charge, he expects his girlfriend to win it and suggests this outcome to the judges. At the same time, however, he is on the verge of bankruptcy and tries to escape the country after being cornered by his creditors. Recognized by a passenger on the train, he flees and finds refuge in the underground passages of Warsaw’s central railway station.
Acting
Englert's sweaty desperation as empire crumbles.
Direction
Łomnicki traps him in literal underground purgatory.
Director
Jan Łomnicki
Jan Englert
Jarek Bronko vel Branicki
Mariusz Benoit
Clochard
Janusz Bukowski
Borsuk
Marek Kondrat
Stranger
Michał Pawlicki
Senator
Piotr Wawrzyńczak
"Pinky"
Elżbieta Czyżewska
"Małpka"
Maria Ciunelis
"Cycek"
Ewa Szykulska
"Mommy"
Magdalena Zawadzka
Bronko's wife
Katarzyna Dowbor
juror konkursu "Najpiękniejsza"
Irena Dziedzic
juror konkursu "Najpiękniejsza"
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Poland's brutal economic transition—privatization created thousands of real Jareks.
Warsaw Central's underground passages were genuinely dangerous in the 90s; location shooting was risky.
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