Directed by:
Małgorzata ImielskaScreenplay:
Małgorzata ImielskaComposer:
Włodzimierz PawlikCast:
Zofia Domalik, Maria Sobocińska, Malwina Laska-Eichmann, Magdalena Celmer, Helena Englert, Joanna Połeć, Zuzanna Puławska, Alicja Czerniewicz (more)Plots(1)
Olka is seventeen years old, tomboyish in her movement with large eyes hidden behind her hair. Her nails are bitten and her hands bear the marks of self-harm. For years, she had been looking for her mother. Her constant escapes from the orphanage landed her in a reformatory. She lives there but she is of another world: she does not care for hipster clothes or the newest smartphone. Unlike other girls, she does not want to provide sexual services to the guard for a smoke. She only wants her mother back. (KP Group)
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Though the subject of this chamber drama is not very original, but with several powerful scenes and Zofie Domalik’s heartfelt performance, you will not forget it. For a directorial debut, it is a respectable effort and if Małgorzata Imielska had placed greater emphasis on one of the supporting motifs (the attempt to participate in the Olympics, the friendship with one of the girls) and effectively grafted onto it the intellectual and emotional potential of the main storyline about the longing to find one’s mother and family background, the film would have reached an even higher level. As it stands, the film is “only” another impressive depiction of the suffering of a virginal angel in an ugly world. [3Kino Fest]
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