A Short Film About Love

A Short Film About Love

1988•1h 27m•7.8/10

DramaRomance

Ratings

🎬TMDb

7.8/10(407)

19-year-old Tomek whiles away his lonely life by spying on his opposite neighbour Magda through binoculars. She's an artist in her mid-thirties, and appears to have everything - not least a constant stream of men at her beck and call. But when the two finally meet, they discover that they have a lot more in common than appeared at first sight...

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Production

Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych, Studio Filmowe Tor

Language

PL

Status

Released

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Cast

Grażyna Szapołowska

Grażyna Szapołowska

Magda

Olaf Lubaszenko

Olaf Lubaszenko

Tomek

Stefania Iwińska

Stefania Iwińska

Grandmother

Piotr Machalica

Piotr Machalica

Roman

Artur Barciś

Artur Barciś

Young Man

Stanisław Gawlik

Stanisław Gawlik

Postman

Tomasz Gradowski

Rafal Imbro

Bearded Man

Jan Piechociński

Jan Piechociński

Blond Man

Krzysztof Koperski

Gasman in Magda's Apartment

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