Les filles de la fortune

This Polish-German-Hungarian production is one of the best Polish films of 1998. The main point of this film are the feelings of Russian woman forced by misfortune to become a luxurious prostitute. There are lots of nude scenes, but made with exquisite taste and not unsuitable even for underage viewers. The next positive flaw of this film is the fact that Ewa Telega - one of the actresses - has been awarded the prize on the Festival of Gdynia - the most prestigious film festival in Poland. Is it sufficent recommendation? I think yes - you should see it, if you only have opportunity - at least once. You won't certainly regret.

Natasza,an attractive teacher, married with a nice guy, Andrei, lives in Moscow with her two girls, Masza and Katia.After losing his job, Andrei starts to drink. Desperate, Natasza decides to go to Varsovia with her best friend, Vera, and her daughter Masza to sell second-hand clothes bought very cheap in Moscow. But in Varsovia, Vera is involved in drug business and finally found murdered. To subsist, Olga starts to sell her body and becomes a luxurious prostitute. She tries by all means to keep Masza out of this sad world, full of sexual weirdness. The ability of directress Marta Mészáros and the talent of actresses Olga Droz-dova, Ewa Telega and Masza Petraniuk make of this picture one of the best made in Poland those last years. Mészáros shows us a sensitive and poetical portraiture of many women in the present Russia, obliged to use the saddest means to make a living. A very good film indeed !