''Playing Hard'' () is a 2018 Polish

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed and written by Kinga Dębska. The film stars

Agata Kulesza Agata Kulesza (born 27 September 1971) is a Polish actress who has appeared on film, television, and stage. She made her film debut playing the leading role in the 1993 comedy-drama ''Czlowiek z...'' and later appeared in films '' Poznań '56'' ...

Dorota Kolak Dorota Kolak (born 20 June 1957) is a Polish actress and professor. She received two Gdynia Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress for ''I Am Yours'' (2009) and '' United States of Love'' (2016), and two Polish Academy Award for Best A ...

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, Marcin Dorocinski and Barbara Jonak. The film follows the lives of three different women: the middle-aged prosecutor Dorota, the young student Magda and a distinguished surgeon, Teresa, and their struggling with alcohol addiction. The film premiered at the 2018

Gdynia Film Festival The Gdynia Film Festival aka FPFF (until 2011: Polish Film Festival, Polish: ''Festiwal Polskich Filmów Fabularnych w Gdyni'') is an annual film festival first held in Gdańsk (1974–1986), now held in Gdynia, Poland. It has taken place every ...

receiving Golden Lions nomination for Best Film. It was released in Poland on January 4, 2019. The film received

International Festival of Independent Cinema Off Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema ''Off Camera'' is a film festival held in Kraków, Poland, with up to 400 screenings annually, seminars, international stars, guests and jury. It is the first event of its kind in the country based o ...

Award for cast performance. At the 22nd Polish Film Awards, it received two nominations for

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(Kulesza and Kolak).

Cast

as Dorota *

as Teresa *

as Magda * Marcin Dorocinski as Jerzy * Barbara Jonak as Beata *

Mirosław Baka Mirosław Michał Baka (born 15 December 1963 in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski) is a Polish actor. One of his best-known roles is Jacek in '' A Short Film About Killing'' (1988) directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski Krzysztof Kieślowski (, 27 June ...

as Wiktor * Dorota Landowska as Barbara * Przemysław Bluszcz as Mieczysław *

Jowita Budnik Jowita Budnik (née Miondlikowska; born 28 November 1973) is a Polish actress. Budnik was born in Warsaw and studied at the University of Warsaw. She made her film debut in 1985 at the age of 11 in Radosław Piwowarski's ''Kochankowie mojej ma ...

as Girl's mother *

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as Psychologist Wojtek

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 7419468 2018 films 2010s Polish-language films Polish drama films Films set in Poland Films about alcoholism Films scored by Michal Novinski