Yuma (2012)

A story about the rise and fall of Zyga - a Polish kid in his early twenties, who wants to take charge of his life after the fall of communism, but in a time of chaos and moral anarchy, unwillingly becomes a gangster.

Director:

Piotr Mularuk

Writers:

Wojciech Gajewicz, Piotr Mularuk

Stars:

Jakub Gierszal, Krzysztof Skonieczny, Jakub Kamienski

2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jakub Gierszal	...	Zyga
Krzysztof Skonieczny	...	Bullet
Jakub Kamienski	...	Hammer
Tomasz Kot	...	Opat
Katarzyna Figura	...	Halinka
Karolina Chapko	...	Majka
Helena Sujecka	...	Cupcake
Wojciech Czerwinski	...	Nike
Malwina Wasilewska	...	Klara
Tomasz Schuchardt	...	Ernest
Kazimierz Mazur	...	Rysio
Przemyslaw Bluszcz	...	Mayor
Jerzy Schejbal	...	Zyga's father
Aldona Struzik	...	Zyga's mother
Mieczyslaw Grabka	...	Chrzestny

Storyline

YUMA is a gripping drama about the rise and fall of Zyga - a Polish kid in his early twenties, who wants to take charge of his life after the fall of communism, but in a time of chaos and moral anarchy, unwillingly becomes a gangster. When, after transformation to capitalism, poverty and humiliation rule on his side of the border, he crosses to the other side of the river, where the Germans seem to have it all, and literally reaches out for the symbols of a better life. Back home, handing out stolen Adidas and Ray Bans makes him a Robin Hood of his community. Before he realizes what is happening, money and power overtake his naive dreams of a better life and things spiral out of control. It seems Zyga is destined for the fate of Macbeth, a man doomed by ambition and a betrayed moral code...

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Plot Keywords:

bare chested male | 

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Taglines:

It only takes one step to cross the point of no return

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama

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Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Doupe Mekyho Zbirky: Ondrej Havelka a Jan P. Muchow (2019)

User Reviews

It's a good movie with a bad end part...

So this story is mainly set in Poland and partially in Germany. The main characters live in Poland and the movie shows the difference after the collapse of the Soviet Union of life standards in Germany and Poland very well. The protagonists admire so much about the western life like certain sport shoes and clothing, music everything. So they want their part of this western lifestyle and they are taking it. Over time they become successful but with success came problems. What started as a realistic good story on how the situation in the beginning of the 90's actually was, became more and more a story about unnecessary excesses, parties and all that stuff ... which was not really interesting anymore because the situations became repetitive and lacked in proper dramaturgy. But the acting was realistic and I would still say it's a "good movie" but not more, if you want to see how people who mainly lived under soviet occupation dealt with the new western options in life this is your movie.

Details

Country:

Poland Czech Republic

Language:

Polish German

Release Date:

10 August 2012 (Poland)

Also Known As:

Juma

Filming Locations:

Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland

Box Office

Budget:

EUR1,500,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,369,780

Company Credits

Production Co:

Yeti Films, Evolution Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

113 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1