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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   15 votes
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Down 53% in popularity this week. See why on IMDbPro.
Director:
Writers:
Joanna Didik (written by)
Robert Glinski (written by)
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Genre:
Plot:
Tomek is 14 and a good student. He's interested in astronomy and plays football to please his father... more | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins more
User Reviews:
Hard and effective more (2 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Filip Garbacz ... Tomek
Bogdan Koca ... Tomek's Father
Dorota Wierzbicka-Matarelli ... Tomek's Mother (as Dorota Wierzbicka)
Piotr Jagielski ... Antek
Rolf Hoppe ... Weber
Marek Kalita ... Priest
Katarzyna Paczynska ... Tomek's sister
Tomasz Tyndyk ... Borys
Roman Leus ... Goalkeeper
Anna Kulej ... Marta
Anna Kózka ... Kaska
Ewelina Bogdanowicz ... Baska
Dorota Ignatjew ... Ciemny's Mother
Marcin Sitek ... Arek
Miroslaw Kropielnicki ... Sparagus Salesman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Goodbye Tomek (Germany) (working title)
Ich, Tomek (Germany)
Piggies (International: English title)
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Runtime:
94 min
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Hard and effective, 9 September 2009
8/10
Author: Nagi4 from a world person

Hard and effective.

Also one of the strong films in KVIFF this year. A really strong tale about boy prostitutes on the former border of Poland and Germany. I thought the main actor did a superb job and the directing was accurate and well done.

I almost started to hate the stupidity of the young main actress, so the film really got me and I was following it strongly.

The film brings something new to the old "Prostitute plot" by the destruction of some of the characters. There is a great "James Dean -Giant" touch in the story. Success corrupts and changes man.

I can really recommend this eastern European gem. The only big weakness in it is the script that at some point stops going on. The film starts to go over and over the same themes and doesn't move forward. That's why it stays as a eight and not a nine.

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