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Back Then

2021-08-27 · 94 min · ★ 6.5

Comedy · Drama · History

Marta is a romantic and a loser in school. She shares a room with her sister Kasia and grandma, who tells her granddaughters insurgency stories instead of fairy tales. In the room behind the wall, the parents - Tadek and Elżbieta - live their married life. He is an intelligent constantly humiliated by the state, he also makes his own moonshine after work and silently envies his prosperous brother in law. She is the leader of the "Solidarity" union at work, with the need for freedom and a dream to get out of Poland. The real adventure for the family starts when they manage to get their dream orange Fiat 126p. Ela and Tadek discover their appetite for trading and trips abroad, and the growing Marta will fall in love for the first time.

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Directors
Kinga Dębska
Production companies
Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop, Axi Immo, ADDSUM, Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych
Countries
Poland
Status
Released

Top Cast

Kinga PreisKinga PreisElżbieta Makowska
Adam WoronowiczAdam WoronowiczTadeusz Makowski
Ewa WiśniewskaEwa WiśniewskaGrandma
Barbara PapisMarta Makowska
Alicja WarchockaKasia Makowska
Milena LisieckaMilena LisieckaGrażyna
Przemysław BluszczPrzemysław BluszczMietek
Katarzyna KwiatkowskaKatarzyna KwiatkowskaLucyna
Rafał RutkowskiRafał RutkowskiZenek
Dorota LandowskaDorota LandowskaWaitress Halina
Barbara DziekanBarbara DziekanHuman resource manager
Agnieszka PrzepiórskaAgnieszka PrzepiórskaSaleswoman in the furniture store
Marcin BosakMarcin BosakPE teacher
Olgierd JaworskiMaciek
Klara BielawkaKlara BielawkaCustoms officer (I)
Cezary ŁukaszewiczCezary ŁukaszewiczDepartment head
Magdalena BiegańskaMagdalena BiegańskaKrysia
Zbigniew PaterakZbigniew PaterakZbyszek
Grażyna ZielińskaGrażyna ZielińskaTrader Leokadia
Gabriella ImreFlight attendant

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