No Matter How Hard We Tried (2015)
An adaptation of Dorota Masłowska's play. The film satirically portrays post-Communist Polish society through three generations of women, an ailing grandmother, her daughter Halina, and granddaughter “Little Metal Girl”, crammed into a shabby Warsaw flat, their lives peppered with absurd pop-culture quips, ad slogans, tabloids, and national stereotypes. Their cramped world is populated by quirky neighbors, a leaflet-dropping Bożena, an eccentric film director, two actors, a TV presenter, and Edyta, who crusades for the poor.
Director: Grzegorz Jarzyna
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Aleksandra Popławska as Little Metal Girl |
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Danuta Szaflarska as Osowiała staruszka na wózku inwalidzkim |
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Magdalena Kuta as Halina |
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Maria Maj as Bożena |
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Adam Woronowicz as Director |
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Rafał Maćkowiak as Actor |
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Agnieszka Podsiadlik as TV Presenter |
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Roma Gąsiorowska as Edyta |
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Katarzyna Warnke as Monika |
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Lech Łotocki as TV Presenter |
| Directing | Grzegorz Jarzyna | Director |
| Writing | Dorota Masłowska | Theatre Play |
| Production | Małgorzata Cichulska | Producer |
| Sound | Dominika Kotarba | Sound |
| Editing | Rafał Listopad | Editor |
| Camera | Radek Ładczuk | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Magdalena Musiał | Costume Designer |
| Production | Magdalena Maciejewska | Production Designer |
| Writing | Grzegorz Jarzyna | Writer |
| Camera | Radek Ładczuk | Camera Operator |
