Back Then

Back Then

94 mins | Drama, Comedy | Aug. 27, 2021

Marta is a romantic and a loser in school. She shares a room with her sister Kasia and grandma, who tells her granddaughters insurgency stories instead of fairy tales. In the room behind the wall, the parents - Tadek and Elżbieta - live their married life. He is an intelligent constantly humiliated by the state, he also makes his own moonshine after work and silently envies his prosperous brother in law. She is the leader of the "Solidarity" union at work, with the need for freedom and a dream to get out of Poland. The real adventure for the family starts when they manage to get their dream orange Fiat 126p. Ela and Tadek discover their appetite for trading and trips abroad, and the growing Marta will fall in love for the first time.

Back Then

94 mins | Drama, Comedy | Aug. 27, 2021

Back Then
Marta is a romantic and a loser in school. She shares a room with her sister Kasia and grandma, who tells her granddaughters insurgency stories instead of fairy tales. In the room behind the wall, the parents - Tadek and Elżbieta - live their married life. He is an intelligent constantly humiliated by the state, he also makes his own moonshine after work and silently envies his prosperous brother in law. She is the leader of the "Solidarity" union at work, with the need for freedom and a dream to get out of Poland. The real adventure for the family starts when they manage to get their dream orange Fiat 126p. Ela and Tadek discover their appetite for trading and trips abroad, and the growing Marta will fall in love for the first time.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych, Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop, Axi Immo Group, Add Sum
Original title Zupa nic
Directors Kinga Dębska
Writers Kinga Dębska

Cast

Kinga Preis

as Elżbieta Makowska

Adam Woronowicz

as Tadeusz Makowski

Ewa Wiśniewska

as Grandma

Barbara Papis

as Marta Makowska

Alicja Warchocka

as Kasia Makowska

Milena Lisiecka

as Grażyna

Rafał Rutkowski

as Zenek

Dorota Landowska

as Waitress Halina

Barbara Dziekan

as Human resource manager

Agnieszka Przepiórska

as Saleswoman in the furniture store

Marcin Bosak

as PE teacher

Olgierd Jaworski

as Maciek

Klara Bielawka

as Customs officer (I)

Cezary Łukaszewicz

as Department head

Magda Biegańska

as Krysia

Zbigniew Paterak

as Zbyszek

Grażyna Zielińska

as Trader Leokadia

Gabriella Imre

as Flight attendant

Sławomir Smoczyński

as Customs officer (II)

Dorottya Diósy

as Customs officer (III)

Alexandra Bata-Bocian

as Airport worker

Natalia Samojlik

as Airplane passenger

Zoltán Gergely

as Waiter

Małgorzata Czok

as Friend (I)

Nikola Dobrzycka

as Friend (II)

Michał Milusz

as Peti

Rafał Osiecki

as Border officer

Jacek Łuczak

as Thin man

Barbara Zielińska

as Fat lady

Szabolcs Szilva

as Hungarian

Marek Lipski

as Man in the trunk

Mateusz Michnikowski

as Jake / Actor

Zuzanna Szamocka

as Jessica / Actress

Renata Osiecka

as Woman selling at the bazaar

Zbigniew Domagalski

as Man of the saturator

Marek Madej

as Expert commentator (voice)

Paweł Wyszomirski

as Voice-over artist in the TV Show (voice)

Krzysztof Borkowski

as Pilot (voice)