Elephant

May 11, 2023

1h 34m

★ 6.8

Overview

Bartek lives in a village in the Podhale region, where he runs a small farm and takes care of his lonely and possessive mother. One day he meets Dawid, a slightly older man who comes to visit his family after many years of absence. Affection quickly develops between the two, followed by desire that Bartek suppressed for years.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Tongariro Releasing

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Cast

Bartek

Jan Hrynkiewicz

Dawid

Paweł Tomaszewski

Bartek's mother

Ewa Skibińska

Danuta

Ewa Kolasińska-Szramel

Daria

Wiktoria Filus

Marcin

Michał Pawlik

Daniel

Maciej Kosiacki

Janina

Halina Jabłonowska

Pawel

Boguslaw Repelewicz

Dawid's father

Ireneusz Pastuszak

Inn Manager

Tomasz Zaród

Daniel's father

Wojciech Skibiński

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