International premiere

Back to Those Days

Local title
Vanad head ajad
Original title
Powrót do tamtych dni
Director
Konrad Aksinowicz
Country
Poland
Year
2021
Programme
Youth Competition, Children's Rights Programme
Genre
drama
Subject
family relations, alcoholism, self-determination

To the 12 year old Tomek his father Alek has absolutely no flaws. He just came back from a long emigrant stay in the US and wants to start a new life in the new post-communist Poland. Unfortunately, he is an alcoholic and starts to drink again shortly after his return. Tomek and his mother Helena have to struggle and try to do everything to stop Alek from drinking. As a result they both become co-dependent alcoholics which severely affects their everyday life. Tomek starts to have difficulties at school. He gradually begins to understand the drama of his father’s alcoholism and in the moment of desperation he wants his father to end his life by commiting suicide. It is all up to Alek – his courage and love for his son to either make this irreversible decision or to try and fight for the good of the entire family.

Director
Konrad Aksinowicz
Screenwriter
Konrad Aksinowicz
Cast
Katarzyna Warnke, Maciej Stuhr, Weronika Ksiazkiewicz
Producer
Agnieszka Chromicka
DoP
Jakub Jakielaszek
Cinematographer
Jakub Jakielaszek
Production designer
Tomasz Bartczak
Editor
Witold Chomiński
Production
Chroma Pro
Distributor
IKH Pictures Promotion
Runtime
Language
Polish
Subtitles
Estonian, English

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