Warsaw

(Warszawa)

Warsaw is a film with many storylines, which all play out during a single day in winter. The main characters are linked through one city. They also share the fact that they all come from the provinces, yet each character is there for a different reason. Victoria (Dominika Ostałowska), is on her way to Andalusia, passing through Warsaw when she is held up by her hope for love, something she is actively seeking. Paweł (Łukasz Garlicki), upon coming of age, leaves his orphanage and looks for work in Warsaw. Klara (Agnieszka Grochowska) moves in with her fiancé. Other storylines focus on a fruit-farmer who has come to Warsaw in his van filled with apples to look for his daughter, and a war veteran who loses his way in the city when the street layout of the new Warsaw proves markedly different from that during the time of the Warsaw Uprising. The protagonists pass each other in the streets without noticing, until the evening, when they are all brought together through one traffic accident.

Director: Gajewski, Dariusz

Screenplay: Dariusz Gajewski, Mateusz Bednarkiewicz

Cinematography: Wojciech Szepel

Music: Kormorany (band members: Paweł Czepułkowski, Jacek Fedorowicz, Michał Litwiniec)

Film Editor: Jarosław Barzan

Principal Cast: Agnieszka Grochowska (Klara), Łukasz Garlicki (Paweł Nowak), Dominika Ostałowska (Wiktoria), Lech Mackiewicz (Andrzej), Sławomir Orzechowski (Ela Gołębiewska's father)

Runtime: 105 minutes

Release Year: 2003

Genre: Drama