A Polish neurotic finds love, then promptly sabotages it spectacularly.
A literary critic's quest for love takes a hopeful turn when he runs into a woman from his past, but their turbulent quirks strain their new romance.
Acting
Pazura's sweaty, twitchy desperation is physically uncomfortable to watch.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes literary pretension against itself.
Director
Marek Koterski
Cezary Pazura
Adam Miauczynski
Katarzyna Figura
Gosia
Zbigniew Buczkowski
Teacher
Eugenia Herman
Adam's mother
Jan Jurewicz
Teacher
Michał Koterski
Sylwester Miauczynski
Maciej Kozłowski
Marian
Cezary Żak
Ryszard
Rui Carlos Ferreira
Disinfector
Katarzyna Gajdarska
Adam's friend at the bar
Ewa Grabarczyk
Bride / Stewardess
Elżbieta Jarosik
Woman eating a roll on the train
Anna Milewska
Gosia's mother
Anna Powierza
Gosia's daughter
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Koterski's Miauczyński saga spanning decades, this 1999 entry captures post-communist Polish masculine crisis.
Michał Koterski, who plays Adam's son, is the director's actual son—nepotism serving thematic resonance.
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