Fresh
[A] richly atmospheric exercise in surreal horror.
Dennis Harvey, Variety
Playground
Childhood can be a dangerous game
2016 · 1h 21m · N/A
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Bartosz M. Kowalski
Overview
It's the end of the school year and today is the last chance for 12-year-old Gabrysia to tell her classmate that she has fallen in love with him. She sets up a secret meeting and blackmails the boy to show up. But what was supposed to be an intimate talk spins out of control and leads to an unexpected ending.
Director and cast
- Bartosz M. Kowalski Director
- Michalina Świstuń as Gabrysia Wolska
- Nicolas Przygoda as Szymek
- Przemysław Baliński as Czarek
- Patryk Świderski as kidnapped boy
- Paweł Brandys as Gabrysia's father
- Anita Jancia as Gabrysia's mother
- Paweł Karolak as Szymek's father
- Małgorzata Olczyk as Czarek's mother
- Bartłomiej Milczarek as Paweł
- Mikołaj Zamorski as Kamil
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