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6.7

Back Then

NR·2021·94m

Comedy

Drama

History

Comedy

Drama

History

Summary

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.

Cast

Kinga Preis

Elżbieta Makowska

Adam Woronowicz

Tadeusz Makowski

Ewa Wiśniewska

Grandma

Barbara Papis

Marta Makowska

Alicja Warchocka

Kasia Makowska

Milena Lisiecka

Grażyna

Przemysław Bluszcz

Mietek

Katarzyna Kwiatkowska

Lucyna

Rafał Rutkowski

Zenek

Dorota Landowska

Waitress Halina

Barbara Dziekan

Human resource manager

Agnieszka Przepiórska

Saleswoman in the furniture store

Marcin Bosak

PE teacher

Olgierd Jaworski

Maciek

Klara Bielawka

Customs officer (I)

Cezary Łukaszewicz

Department head

Magdalena Biegańska

Krysia

Zbigniew Paterak

Zbyszek

Grażyna Zielińska

Trader Leokadia

Gabriella Imre

Flight attendant

Sławomir Smoczyński

Customs officer (II)

Dorottya Diósy

Customs officer (III)

Alexandra Bata-Bocian

Airport worker

Natalia Samojlik

Airplane passenger

Zoltán Gergely

Waiter

Olgierd Trokowski

Artek

Małgorzata Czok

Friend (I)

Nikola Dobrzycka

Friend (II)

Michał Milusz

Peti

Rafał Osiecki

Border officer

Jacek Łuczak

Thin man

Barbara Zielińska

Fat lady

Barbara Dembińska

Woman

Szabolcs Szilva

Hungarian

Marek Lipski

Man in the trunk

Mateusz Michnikowski

Jake / Actor

Zuzanna Szamocka

Jessica / Actress

Renata Osiecka

Woman selling at the bazaar

Zbigniew Domagalski

Man of the saturator

Marek Madej

Expert commentator (voice)

Paweł Wyszomirski

Voice-over artist in the TV Show (voice)

Krzysztof Borkowski

Pilot (voice)

Crew

Director, Writer

Kinga Dębska

Lyricist

Artur Andrus

Reviews

wlodi

March 10, 2022

An entertaining and easy to watch light comedy showing the family life and many quirks of living in the late communist Poland. It's relies heavily on nostalgia as a "slice of life" film, but thankfully it's well observed and has definitely got the late 80s feel right. The cast is really good too, with solid performances from both Kinga Preis and Adam Woronowicz, an entertaining turn from Ewa Wiśniewska as the grandma and two kids who are both fantastic. Lots to like here and so many small relatable things that will ring true to many kids who grew up in this era.