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Testosterone

Testosterone

The wedding of Kornel (Piotr Adamczyk), a young well-known scientist, to the famous singer, Alicja (Magda Boczarska), is to be the social event of the year. In the suburban reception hall, the final preparations are being made.
Suddenly a silver Rolls-Royce arrives on the yard with a screech. Three men drag a badly beaten boy out [...]

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A Warm Heart

A Warm Heart

This is a story about a businessman spoilt by his rich life, who finds out he has been suffering from a serious heart disease. Only a quick transplant can save his life. While in hospital, he meets a young man who lost interest in living due to job loss and an unhappy love life. The [...]

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Extras

Chinese filmmakers decide to shoot a movie in Poland. They perceive Poles as a nation of sad people, so they want to hire them, when they need Europeans with gloomy faces to work as extras. The surprising events on the film set will lead to a revision of stereotypes. People from two different nations will [...]

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The Saragossa Manuscript

In the Napoleonic wars, an officer finds an old book that relates his grandfather’s story, Alfons van Worden, captain in the Walloon guard. A man of honor and courage, he seeks the shortest route through the Sierra Morena. At an inn, the Venta Quemada, he sups with two Islamic princesses. They call him their cousin [...]

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How Much The Trojan Horse Weighs

How Much The Trojan Horse Weighs

A rather ‘zany’ Polish comedy from DvF whose plot in essence entails the existence of a happily married woman and her proclivity for time travel!. I will readily confess I am not overly familiar with the genre of Polish comedy so I will watch this purely out of interest as it looks quirky and fun [...]

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The Hour-Glass Sanitorium

Set in pre- World War II era. A young man is on a strange train to see his dying father in a sanatorium. But the place is going to ruin and recalls a lot of memories from the past. He is beset by soldiers from the past, colonial black mercenaries, girls from his early life, [...]

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