33 Scenes from Life

33 Scenes from Life

2008 · 100 min · ★ 5.1 · Drama

The Polish artist Julia and her husband Piotr, a talented and successful composer, live in Kraków. When Julias's mother, Barbara falls ill with stomach cancer, the life of the family is falling apart. Julia accompanies her mother to death, but her husband Piotr is at rehearsals in Cologne and leaves her to cope with this difficult situation. Only her friend Adrian is at her side. Her father Jurek is also overwhelmed by the impending loss of his beloved wife. After the death of the mother her father takes comfort from alcohol. Shortly after the father dies. Julia found only in the arms of Adrian to rest, but this in turn destroyed her marriage to Piotr. After the loss of the parents and break up of the marriage she is now alone in the world with an uncertain future where Adrian is of little help

Directed by Małgorzata Szumowska · Written by Małgorzata Szumowska

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Julia Jentsch Julia
Peter Gantzler Adrian
Maciej Stuhr Piotr
Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik Barbara Rostawicka
Andrzej Hudziak Jurek Szczęsny
Roman Gancarczyk Krzysiek Szczęsny
Izabela Kuna
Rafał Maćkowiak
Renata Dancewicz
Maria Mamona
Maria Maj
Bogusława Schubert

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