Magnesium

Local title
Magneesia
Original title
Magnezja
Director
Maciek Bochniak
Country
Poland
Year
2020
Programme
Current Waves

The Polish-Soviet borderland, late 1920s, early 1930s. We follow four stories whose protagonists are connected by a web of mutual ties. Following the death of the gang leader and head of the family, Rose seizes control of the Levenfish criminal clan. Together with her sisters, she continues to manage her father’s shady business, doing everything in her power to stand up to rising Soviet bandits led by the conservative Lev. Meanwhile, inseparable brothers Albin and Albert Hudini execute their daring plan.

A gangster tragicomedy, an auteur version of the "Eastern", in which a patch of land cut off from the rest of the country is ruled by women and the main currency is a revolver bullet.

Director
Maciek Bochniak
Screenwriter
Maciej Bochniak, Mateusz Kościukiewicz
Cast
Dawid Ogrodnik, Mateusz Kościukiewicz, Maja Ostaszewska, Agata Kulesza, Małgorzata Gorol
Producer
Aneta Hickinbotham, Leszek Bodzak
DoP
Paweł Chorzępa
Editor
Jacek Drosio
Music
Jan A.P. Kaczmarek
Production
Aurum Film
Runtime
Language
Polish
Subtitles
English

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