Retrieval

Retrieval

2006 · 103 min · ★ 5.7 · Drama

19 year old Wojtek lives in a poverty stricken Polish town. He is in love with an older woman, an illegal emigrant from Ukraine. He boxes in illegal matches to get money and is spotted by a man running a security business. Accepting this man's offer means becoming a gangster, but this could allow him to a residence permit for his girlfriend Katya.

Directed by Sławomir Fabicki · Written by Marek Pruchniewski

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