Klara, devoted to her work as a tax inspector, becomes infatuated with the dashing but irresponsible and cynical Marian who is about to be charged with tax evasion.
When cancer-stricken alcoholic actor discovers he's only got 3 months to live, he decides to change his life and reconcile with his estranged daughter.
As Poland is placed under martial law in 1981, two confidence tricksters try to evade both the police and the army. They become embroiled in a web of schemes engineered by the secret service, fellow criminals and the democratic resistance.
Following a fire at an orphanage, the kids are moved into a seniors' home. A young girl tries to befriend and cheer up an elderly man who is full of regrets at the end of his life.
한국인 김(안성기)은 폴란드 바르샤바에서 태권도 사범을 하며 혼자 살아가고 있다. 기차로 여섯 시간 밖에 떨어져 있지 않은 베를린에 아내와 딸이 살고 있지만 그는 10년 째 유럽을 떠돌며 딸아이의 생일 축하편지 조차 보내길 망설인다. 그러던 어느날 소매치기를 당한 여인 욜라(에바 가브릴룩)의 가방을 찾아주게 되고 그 일을 계기로 두 사람은 가까워진다. 또 한 번 그에게 불량 청년 미하우(파보기우 부르치크)와의 특별한 만남이 생겨나고, 두 사람은 김의 일상에 중요한 부분으로 들어온다. 김은 욜라를 통해 잊어버렸던 사랑의 감정을 되찾게 되고, 항상 들떠 있고 어수선한 미하우를 보면서 자신의 불안했던 젊은 날을 회상하는데...
Two friends recall the PRL. After serving time in jail, they took up an illegal currency exchange. Cheated by partner - they decide to take revenge. Preparations take many months, but the action ends differently than it was planned.
The year is 1750. Europe is in a ravaged state following a plague. Victor Moritz and Rufolf de Sevre are gamblers, frequenters of elegant casinos and fashionable brothels. Rudolf is a young aristocrat, charming and charismatic. His degenerate behavior has an animal intensity. Victor, though leading the life of libertine, remains to one side. He is a man of a refined taste despite his low birth and buys his noble title thanks to his gambling skills. Victor and Rudolf have been inseparable friends for years. Then two young, beautiful and innocent people - a brother and sister - enter their life...
Partly thriller, partly dark comedy, the tagline of this film announce that any resemblance to real-life characters and situations were completely intentional. This had the audience guessing who the main characters were supposed to represent: those biznismeni and post-socialist yuppies who after 1989 teamed up with their former enemies to exploit Poland ruthlessly.
