Nigdy w zyciu! (2004)

User Rating:

5.3/10   

Director:

Ryszard Zatorski

Writers:

Katarzyna Grochola (book)
Ilona Lepkowska (screenplay)

Release Date:

13 February 2004 (Poland)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Danuta Stenka	...	Judyta Katarzyna Kozlowska
Joanna Brodzik	...	Urszula 'Ula' (Judyta's friend)
Jan Frycz	...	Tomasz Leon Kozlowski (ex-husband of Judyta, father of Antonina 'Tosia')
Artur Zmijewski	...	Adam
Marta Lipinska	...	Mother of Judyta
Krzysztof Kowalewski	...	Father of Judyta
Kinga Preis	...	Kinga (acquaintance of Judyta)
Joanna Jablczynska	...	Antonina 'Tosia' Kozlowska (daughter of Judyta and Tomasz)
Agnieszka Wlodarczyk	...	Jolanta 'Jola' Zablocka
Cezary Kosinski	...	Krzysztof (husband of Urszula 'Ula')
Katarzyna Bujakiewicz	...	Dziunia (colleague of Judyta)
Slawomir Orzechowski	...	Kazimierz 'Kazio' (lover of Dziunia)
Grazyna Zielinska	...	Proprietress of allotment
Jan Peczek	...	Mountaineer #1
Maciej Wojdyla	...	Mountaineer #2

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Poland

Language:

Polish

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Agora Headquarters, Czerska, Sielce, Warsaw, Poland

Company:

Agencja Produkcji Filmowej

Trivia:

Among over 30 actresses auditioned for the part of Judyta were Agnieszka Krukówna, Anna Samusionek, Dorota Segda, Malgorzata Foremniak, Anna Radwan and Dominika Ostalowska. Krukówna was the clear frontrunner, but the producers rejected her after additional screen tests.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Ja wam pokaze! (2006)

zero is also a number

The first thing I have to say is that it is probably the worst film I've ever seen (apart from "Resident Evil 2" maybe) and I just hope none outside Poland will ever see it. It's based upon a famous book that I've never read, but I will just to see whether all those Polish housewives that are into it are mentally sick.

It's a story of a journalist in her thirties, left by her unfaithful husband. At the very beginning you just don't know whether all the things that are happening are serious or it's just a nightmare. Then it all begins, the whole series of absurd events that would never convince anyone who has ever been to Poland, like getting divorced and then building a new house by a lakeside in few weeks (no sign of changing season), no asphalt road, no people around and the teenage daughter leaves the house (without a car) to visit her friend, and, finally, the great romantic lover who has an apartment in the centre of the capital with the view for the most beautiful bridge there, doesn't work (at least doesn't seem to) and prepares to leave for Brazil for few months just because his heart is broken, but still doesn't want to afford a couple of coffee cups because they're too expensive. The whole film is a sequence of unexplained reactions and situations that can only irritate the viewer. The ending is completely predictable from the moment that she says "He promised not to read my e-mails" or something like that.

This is a poor attempt to make a Hollywood-style romantic comedy, but all the situations that were supposed to be comical are just pathetic. God, it wasn't supposed to be a fantasy movie or a Monthy Python flick. I just cannot believe so many people went to see this film and still liked it. I guess it tells a lot about an average Polish cinema viewer who goes to the cinema twice a year and the other film is about the pope.

Guess what! They've made the sequel! But wait, they changed all the cast! Is it possible that they were so ashamed of that film that they just wanted to forget it? Probably so.