Tricks
(Sztuczki)

Poland, 2007, 95 min., drama
Director: |
Andrzej Jakimowski |
Screenplay: |
Andrzej Jakimowski |
Camera: |
Adam Bajerski |
Music: |
Tomasz Gąssowski |
Producer: |
Andrzej Jakimowski |
Cast: |
Damian Ul, Ewelina Walendziak, Tomasz Sapryk, Rafał Guźniczak, Iwona Fornalczyk, Joanna Liszowska, Andrzej Golejewski, Grzegorz Stelmaszewski, and others. |
Awards:
2008 International Film Festival, Miami — Grand Prix
2007 International Film Festival, Venice — for best European film
2007 Polish Feature Film Festival, Gdynia — Grand Prix
2007 International Film Festival, Tbilisi — Grand Prix
2007 International Film Festival, Bratislava — FIPRESCI Award

6 years old Stefek challenges providence. The boy believes that a string of small events he has provoked will let him get closer to his father, who abandoned his mother for another woman. Stefek’s sister, the 17 years old Elka, teaches him how to “bribe” fate with small sacrifices. However, in the deciding moment the children have nothing valuable to sacrifice. In his game with providence Stefek decides to set the stakes dangerously high...

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