Overview
The Polish artist Julia and her husband Piotr, a talented and successful composer, live in Kraków. When Julias's mother, Barbara falls ill with stomach cancer, the life of the family is falling apart. Julia accompanies her mother to death, but her husband Piotr is at rehearsals in Cologne and leaves her to cope with this difficult situation. Only her friend Adrian is at her side. Her father Jurek is also overwhelmed by the impending loss of his beloved wife. After the death of the mother her father takes comfort from alcohol. Shortly after the father dies. Julia found only in the arms of Adrian to rest, but this in turn destroyed her marriage to Piotr. After the loss of the parents and break up of the marriage she is now alone in the world with an uncertain future where Adrian is of little help
Director and cast
- Małgorzata Szumowska Director
- Julia Jentsch as Julia
- Peter Gantzler as Adrian
- Maciej Stuhr as Piotr
- Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik as Barbara Rostawicka
- Andrzej Hudziak as Jurek Szczęsny
- Roman Gancarczyk as Krzysiek Szczęsny
- Izabela Kuna Cast
- Rafał Maćkowiak Cast
- Renata Dancewicz Cast
- Maria Mamona Cast
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