Fuks

What a nice film! Polish films are often either too gloomy or too funny. This one is really very sweet and refreshing, so it doesn't make you think hard or look for hidden messages. A very simple story about a crook (played by Aadam Ferency), his wayward son (played by Stuhr Jnr), their strange relations. plus love story, plus a theft of money from Dad's safe. Plus some other funny dialogs, complications, beatings and kisses. But the best part here goes every time when Janusz Gaios, playing a policeman, comes in. He is so convincing, so fresh and good, that I simply waited for every scene with his participation. Even in the small scene where he sits in his car eating, a colleague of his calls him asking for some help, but Gaios simply answers "I am not here, I am dead", continuing his snack ... but the facial expression, the intonation are so marvelous! Watch it if you think that Poles cannot make lightweight and highly entertaining films.

We watched it tonight for the second time. One notices then some details one missed the first time. They all fit together without any gaps one sees so often in movies, the logic is precise; one sees later reasons for small events which took place earlier. Like the first person who commented on this film, I shall not divulge any details of the ingenious plot. There are four wonderful actors, not just two as in a typical boy + girl story. Not only Maciej Stuhr and Agnieszka Krukowna but also Janusz Gajos as the philosophizing policeman and Adam Ferency as the main crook are extraordinary. There are also interesting contrasts in their interpretations; Krukowna has a rich variety of facial expressions while Stuhr junior (not to be confused with his father & an outstanding actor Jerzy Stuhr) has a poker face with a slight smile as fits his brain of the enterprise role. The dialogs are a pleasure for the viewer. Aleks has been beaten by thugs, he knows who they are, but letting the police to pursue them would damage his plans. The policeman figures this out and tells Aleks: I run today into these two thugs, you know, those you do not remember who they are.

An 18 year old boy works hard on stealing a large sum of money from a corrupt businessman. He employs high tech tools and convinces businessman's attractive young secretary to help him. The plan is moving along well, but not everything is what it seems...

Surprising and positive ending, a pleasure to watch.