A wife plays matchmaker for her husband—what could possibly go wrong?
A married couple is unsuccessfully trying to have a child. The woman decides to bring her husband closer to another woman.
Acting
Wrzesińska's controlled breakdown is devastating.
Direction
Lenartowicz's cramped framing traps you with them.
Director
Stanisław Lenartowicz
Barbara Wrzesińska
Maria
Stanisław Mikulski
Karol
Alicja Jachiewicz
Hanna Lipowska
Jolanta Lothe
Photographer's Wife
Barbara Drapińska
Danuta
Zdzisław Maklakiewicz
Balcerzan
Bruno O'Ya
Apartment Owner
Krzysztof Litwin
Photographer
Bolesław Abart
Driver
Halina Buyno-Łoza
Party Guest
Adam Cyprian
Adam Dzieszyński
Andrzej Krasicki
Engineer Kossowski
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the Polish thaw, the film smuggles critiques of state-mandated family ideals under socialist realism.
Wrzesińska was Lenartowicz's wife; their real marriage reportedly ended shortly after filming concluded.
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