Stories of three women struggling with alcohol. Dorota is a great prosecutor. Using her immunity, she tries to avoid responsibility for her offenses committed under the influence of alcohol. Her husband, a famous politician, helps her keep the problem secret and rescues her from many troubles but he slowly loses patience. A respected children surgeon Teresa has lost her family due to drinking problem, all she is left with is her job at the hospital where she is the main doctor. The situation goes out of control when the woman comes drunk to the hospital. A student, Magda, likes to party hard and because she is a good student and has a great job, no-one opposes that. At one moment, the girl loses control. A tragedy happens.
Acting
Kulesza's controlled unraveling is masterclass destruction.
Writing
Three interconnected stories that refuse easy redemption arcs.
Director
Kinga Dębska
Dorota Kolak
Teresa
Agata Kulesza
Dorota
Maria Dębska
Magda
Marcin Dorociński
Jerzy
Barbara Jonak
Beata
Mirosław Baka
Wiktor
Dorota Landowska
Matka Magdy
Przemysław Bluszcz
Ojciec Magdy
Mateusz Janicki
Adrian
Rafał Rutkowski
Policjant Andrzej Krenczek
Sławomir Zapała
Policjant Łukasz Leoś
Jowita Budnik
Matka dziewczynki
Magdalena Smalara
Pielęgniarka Monika
Katarzyna Cynke
Pielęgniarka Hanka
Milena Lisiecka
Pani Wanda
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Kinga Dębska based Magda's storyline on her own university experiences with Poland's heavy-drinking academic culture. The film sparked national debate about 'functional alcoholism' among elites.
The three women's stories deliberately never intersect onscreen—Dębska wanted to show addiction as fundamentally isolating, even when socially ubiquitous. The surgeon, prosecutor and student share a city but never a scene.
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