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Playing Hard

Original title: Zabawa, zabawa
  • 20182018
  • 1h 28m
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6.4/10
1.1K
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Playing Hard (2018)
Drama
We look at three women. The 40-year-old prosecutor Dorota, the young student Magda and a distinguished surgeon, Teresa. They have something in common, an alcohol addiction.We look at three women. The 40-year-old prosecutor Dorota, the young student Magda and a distinguished surgeon, Teresa. They have something in common, an alcohol addiction.We look at three women. The 40-year-old prosecutor Dorota, the young student Magda and a distinguished surgeon, Teresa. They have something in common, an alcohol addiction.
IMDb RATING
6.4/10
1.1K
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    • Kinga Debska
    • Kinga Debska
    • Mika Dunin
  • Stars
    • Agata Kulesza
    • Maria Debska
    • Dorota Kolak
    • Kinga Debska
    • Kinga Debska
    • Mika Dunin
  • Stars
    • Agata Kulesza
    • Maria Debska
    • Dorota Kolak
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    • 1User review
    • 1Critic review
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    Marcin Dorocinski and Agata Kulesza in Playing Hard (2018)
    Jowita Budnik, Magdalena Smalara, Dorota Kolak, and Katarzyna Cynke in Playing Hard (2018)
    Maria Debska in Playing Hard (2018)
    Marcin Dorocinski and Agata Kulesza in Playing Hard (2018)
    Maria Debska in Playing Hard (2018)
    Barbara Kurzaj and Dorota Kolak in Playing Hard (2018)
    Kinga Debska in Playing Hard (2018)
    Playing Hard (2018)

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    Agata Kulesza
    Agata Kulesza
    • Dorota
    Maria Debska
    Maria Debska
    • Magda
    Dorota Kolak
    Dorota Kolak
    • Teresa
    Marcin Dorocinski
    Marcin Dorocinski
    • Jerzy, Dorota's husband
    Monika Babula
    • Low woman
    Miroslaw Baka
    Miroslaw Baka
    • Wiktor
    Mariusz Bakowski
    • Maciek
    Katarzyna Bargielowska
    Katarzyna Bargielowska
    • Secreatary Iwona
    Magdalena Bieganska
    Magdalena Bieganska
    • Martyna
    Przemyslaw Bluszcz
    Przemyslaw Bluszcz
    • Magda's father
    Joanna Borer
    • Medical assistant
    Marcin Bortkiewicz
    Marcin Bortkiewicz
    • Anesthesiologist
    Marcin Bosak
    Marcin Bosak
    • TV Host
    • (voice)
    Jowita Budnik
    Jowita Budnik
    • Girl's mother
    Ewa Konstancja Bulhak
    Ewa Konstancja Bulhak
    • Psychologist
    Piotr Chlewicki
    • Participant of the meeting
    Blazej Chochorowski
    • Musician
    Helena Chorzelska
    • Patrycja
      • Kinga Debska
      • Kinga Debska
      • Mika Dunin
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      Prócz Ciebie nic
      Music by Witold Cislo

      Lyrics by Kayah

      Performed by Kayah & Krzysztof Kiljanski

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    9/10
    Very Polish but Universal Theme
    I admire Polish theater that it is so open about alcoholism in Polish Society. The previous film that I reviewed on this subject was "The Mighty Angel". That movie and Zabawa Zabawa (Party Party) are similarly powerful but differ in perspective. The Mighty Angel deals mostly men whose lives have cratered. They turn to each other for help without improving their lives it's gritty and hard to watch.

    By contrast, Zabawa Zabawa starts out squeaky-clean by comparison. We are introduced to three women, a student, an award-winning doctor and a successful lawyer. It seems as if all is well in their lives until we discover that each one has a dirty secret, a love of John Barleycorn, among other illicit loves in their lives. Zabawa Zabawa becomes difficult to watch as we see the secret creep out in the open and their lives result in loss of jobs, endangerment of lives of others and rape. As with Angel, there are no happy endings.

    This is an uncomfortable watch but a worthwhile one.
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    • Sep 11, 2019

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    • Release date
      • January 4, 2019 (Poland)
      • Poland
      • Polish
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    • Filming locations
      • Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
    • Production companies
      • Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop
      • Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych (WFDiF)
      • EBH Polska
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    • 1 hour 28 minutes
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