Difficulty of human relations in a 3-cornered tale: a neurotic woman, idealistic young man and his mother. Tomek is a clean-cut, high-minded geography student. He lives with his mother Zofia, a sensitive, practicing Catholic, like her son. When he meets Julia, a depressed woman older than he, he first tries to comfort her, then invites her to stay with him and his mother. Tomek makes a trip to West Berlin to visit his well-off father. He refuses to take money from him and looks for work as a house painter. Julia ends up in a rest home for treatment, while Tomek is trying to make their relationship work.
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Cast
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Krystyna Janda
Julia
Known for
Decalogue II
Man of Marble
Maja Komorowska
Zofia
Known for
Decalogue I
Katyn
Artur Żmijewski
Tomasz
Known for
Katyn
Panic Attack
Andrzej Łapicki
Tomasz's Father
Known for
The Promised Land
Artur Barciś
Julia's Neighbour
Known for
Detective Forst
A Short Film About Love
Tadeusz Bradecki
Marek
Known for
Camera Buff
No End
Adam Bauman
Kwiatkowski
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The Pianist
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Krzysztof Zanussi Director · Wojciech Kilar Composer Sławomir Idziak Cinematographer
First release June 8, 1989 · Produced in Germany, Poland · Production Studio Filmowe Tor, Ziegler Film
Production
Telewizja Polska
Production
Studio Filmowe Tor
Production
Ziegler Film
Production
Regina Ziegler Filmproduktion
Production
Zespól Filmowy "Tor"
Production
Germany · Poland
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Languages
Original title
Stan posiadania
Original language
Polish
Spoken on screen
Polish
Release dates
Russia · June 8, 1989
Premiere · Moscow Film Festival
No release date listed for United States.
Canada
September 7, 1990 · Limited theatrical · Toronto Film Festival
Poland
October 23, 1989 · Premiere
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