Our Folks: The Beginning

Our Folks: The Beginning

2024 · 118 min · ★ 5.7 · Comedy, Drama, History

Pawlak and Kargul – the protagonists of the cult-favourite trilogy “Our Folks” – had been neighbours in a village in Podolia before they ended up in the Recovered Territories. Even then, it was one explosive neighbourhood.

Directed by Artur Żmijewski · Written by Andrzej Mularczyk

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