Torowisko (1999)
Using the backdrop of the banality and ordinariness of everyday life in a small provincial town, the film analyses the relationship between two women friends, who struggle to find their way in post-communist Poland. The small events of their lives represent universal feelings of being trapped and lost in a new world, in contrast to the successes of the dark side of democracy - drug dealing, crime and pornography. By its very nature, the film creates a picture of provincial Poland after democracy, but its charm is in the understated relationship between the two friends and the people around them and in the mosaic structure that builds up the film piece by piece.
Director: Urszula Urbaniak
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Karolina Dryzner as Maria |
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Ewa Lorska as Krystyna |
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Ewa Dałkowska as Maria's mother |
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Adam Woronowicz as Andrzej |
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Michał Litwiniec as Robert |
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Sławomir Orzechowski as Roman |
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Marek Kalita as Zenek |
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Ewa Konstancja Bułhak as Lazarek's wife |
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Henryk Talar as Lazarek |
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Danuta Szaflarska as |
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Dorota Gorjainow as |
| Camera | Bartosz Prokopowicz | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Bartosz Prokopowicz | Camera Operator |
| Production | Konstanty Lewkowicz | Producer |
| Editing | Jarosław Kamiński | Editor |
| Sound | Wojciech Lemański | Music |
| Directing | Urszula Urbaniak | Director |
| Writing | Urszula Urbaniak | Writer |