The story of three people and their complicated emotional relationship. A mother and her 30-year-old son live in a poor neighborhood in a big city. She is having trouble finding a job, he is having trouble finding his way in modern realities. The mother's sudden illness shatters the son's previous life. The new situation requires from him maturity, which he unfortunately lacks. A woman appears in his life, whom he uses in his game with his mother.
Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieślak
Maria Sosnowska
Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik
Marta
Piotr Jankowski
Jan Sosnowski
Roman Gancarczyk
'Rudy'
Mieczysław Grąbka
Rajmund
Andrzej Hudziak
Physician
Zbigniew Kaleta
Beata Kozikowska
Elżbieta Komorowska
The story of three people and their complicated emotional relationship. A mother and her 30-year-old son live in a poor neighborhood in a big city. She is having trouble finding a job, he is having trouble finding his way in modern realities. The mother's sudden illness shatters the son's previous life. The new situation requires from him maturity, which he unfortunately lacks. A woman appears in his life, whom he uses in his game with his mother.
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