No Matter How Hard We Tried

Overview

An adaptation of Dorota Masłowska's play. The film satirically portrays post-Communist Polish society through three generations of women, an ailing grandmother, her daughter Halina, and granddaughter “Little Metal Girl”, crammed into a shabby Warsaw flat, their lives peppered with absurd pop-culture quips, ad slogans, tabloids, and national stereotypes. Their cramped world is populated by quirky neighbors, a leaflet-dropping Bożena, an eccentric film director, two actors, a TV presenter, and Edyta, who crusades for the poor.

Cast

Aleksandra Popławska

Little Metal Girl

Danuta Szaflarska

Osowiała staruszka na wózku inwalidzkim

Magdalena Kuta

Halina

Maria Maj

Bożena

Adam Woronowicz

Director

Rafał Maćkowiak

Actor

Agnieszka Podsiadlik

TV Presenter

Roma Gąsiorowska

Edyta

Katarzyna Warnke

Monika

Lech Łotocki

TV Presenter