Top Cast
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Halszka Jaroszewska
Beata
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Emilia Krakowska
Joanna
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Joanna Sienkiewicz
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Hanna Bedryńska
Joanna's Mother
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Barbara Marszałek
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Tadeusz Pluciński
Krzysztof
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Jan Nowicki
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Feliks Żukowski
Stanisław
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Stanisław Tylczyński
Overview
A critique of consumerist life.
Rating
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