Playground

Playground

Childhood can be a dangerous game

2016 · 81 min · ★ 6.1 · Thriller, Drama

It's the end of the school year and today is the last chance for 12-year-old Gabrysia to tell her classmate that she has fallen in love with him. She sets up a secret meeting and blackmails the boy to show up. But what was supposed to be an intimate talk spins out of control and leads to an unexpected ending.

Directed by Bartosz M. Kowalski · Written by Bartosz M. Kowalski

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