Gutter (1996) [N/A]
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Featuring:
Jerzy Kamas, Michal Michalak, Jadwiga Bukowska
Written by:
Piotr Czekanowski
Pawel Lozinski
Directed by:
Pawel Lozinski
Release Date:
May 3, 1996
Original Title:
Kratka
Genres:
Comedy
Production Companies:
Studio Filmowe Tor
Telewizja Polska
Production Countries:
Poland
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 50
The film was made according to the idea and under the care of Krzysztof Kieślowski. A contemporary story about 10-year-old Sebastian and Eugene, a retired elevator man. Despite the age difference between them, they are struggling with a similar life situation - they are lonely, with no support in the family, forced to fight for survival, in a world that does not care about them. The fate of the characters is linked by a desire to get a 500-franc note, lost by a French pianist. The money fell into a deep sewage grid, from which it is not easy to take it out. They start a war with each other, use deceit, sometimes join forces to try to get the banknote on their own. With time, they become more and more exposed to each other.
Two people meet one morning in the center of Warsaw - Sebastian, 10-years old boy from a broken family and embittered pensioner, Eugeniusz. Both notice a French tourists lost a 500 francs banknote. There's only one problem: the money fell into a deep manhole, it is not easy to take it. At the beginning they try to outsmart each other. They both want to get the banknote. Later on, they become friends.
