Late Afternoon 1996
Around the visit of a long-lost childhood friend, Ewa is trying to pretend that she has married Marek and is carrying his child.
Around the visit of a long-lost childhood friend, Ewa is trying to pretend that she has married Marek and is carrying his child.
Marta leaves the orphanage and goes to her hometown. The flat left by the girl's parents is occupied by the girl's relatives.
Danka, a music theater dancer, has no professional success and is stuck in an unsuccessful relationship with Marek. He decides to change his life. She leaves her lover and begins cooperation with the amateur mime group "Arlekin". Together with the group, he goes to performances in West Berlin.
The circus visits a small town during the German occupation. The lion trainer becomes the object of the local lineman's sighs.
A lonely writer meets the woman of his dreams, but she marries another.
An inhabitant of an old tenement house lives with hope for her husband's return from the war, which is confirmed by parcels and letters sent to her.
10-year-old Joasia is given by her mother to the care of her grandparents.
Mr. B. is an old, ailing Jew who did not accept the changes. One day he sees Christ coming to Warsaw on a donkey. He is arrested. Mr. B. tells the doctor about it. He got bitter because nobody believed his words.
During the land reform, the priest encourages the peasants to accept the land, which puts himself at risk for forest gangs.
Martha's father falls into alcoholism. The girl is preparing for the secondary school-leaving examination.
The film shows Poland regaining independence in 1918 and the formation of the first government of the Republic of Poland.
The film is about three old buddies living in one of Poznań's forgotten apartment blocks. Darek - philosophy student, Rogalo - petrol station employee and Bubu Oxford - drug dealer. They have one goal in common: they want to go abroad to work. The action of the film begins when the student gets a visa to the USA. He has a job there with his uncle. The situation becomes more complicated when a policeman who has an eye on the dealer starts blackmailing Darek - demanding that Bubu be poured in in exchange for returning his passport and permission to leave.
In the sea, Peter and the dog find a bottle with a note written by a shipwrecked person. They go looking for a sender asking for help.
The love of Leopold and Sabina is in crisis when the man meets the daughter of his former partner.
Józef comes to Krakow, where he is to participate in the jubilee of Nowa Huta.
A documentary film about the life and work of 66-year-old Piotr Sudoł, a collector of dry bread. The director, talking about the film, described the title character as follows: "Mr. Chlebek was a person so extraordinary that everything he did had a deeper meaning for him. What mattered to him was not money, but an idea. He wanted to make people realize that they should respect bread and food". Three months after shooting, the protagonist was hit by a car while working.
The title inheritance is a square in Buczacz, bequeathed by an American citizen to Leon Zabielak as a token of gratitude for saving his life during the war.
Two brothers on the threshold of adulthood still live with their mother and grandmother. In an apartment, they fight for even the smallest bit of autonomy, and each of them has a different strategy for moving around this difficult terrain. However, the family portrait is not complete - it lacks the father, whose significant absence returns with a dull tone in the telephone receiver.
A well-known actor, Bogumił Kobiela, appears on the beach in Sopot, where he does various strange and funny things for sunbathers, incl. changes into winter overalls and goes for a walk in skis, pretends to be a lifeguard controlling the possession of swimming cards, says goodbye to accidentally met sunbathers as a departing vacationer.
It is a parable about the inhabitants of Przechwałków. They could not come to terms with who was doing the most important work. Their quarrels shattered the unity in the city, which led to a threat.