Directed by:
Andrzej JakimowskiScreenplay:
Andrzej JakimowskiCinematography:
Adam BajerskiComposer:
Tomasz GąssowskiCast:
Damian Ul, Ewelina Walendziak, Tomasz Sapryk, Rafal Guzniczak, Katarzyna Kołeczek, Lech Dyblik, Joanna Liszowska, Krzysztof Tysnarzewski, Anna Walkowiak (more)Plots(1)
Set in a sleepy provincial town at the height of summer, the film has a deliberately small canvas: a boy Stefek, his teenage sister Elka, their mother who runs a grocery store, a photo of their father and a train station. Stefek is convinced that the man boarding a train every morning at the same hour is his father, who had left home before he was born. Elka has suffered too much from her father's abandonment and doesn't wish to hear about him. Elka has taught Stefek how to bribe fortune through tricks to make it go in the direction he wishes, and the boy's obsession is to find a way to bring his father back to his mother. Helped by two figurines of soldiers, he feels empowered enough to make it happen. Stefek provokes fate and fiercely tries to organize events in order to make his wish come true, with touching and poetic results. (New Wave Films)
(more)Cast
![Damian Ul](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/988/160988751_dcc1a0.jpg)
Damian Ul
Poland
Best movies:
Run Boy Run (2013)
Supernova (2019)
Tricks (2007)
Ewelina Walendziak
Best movies:
Tricks (2007)
Robert Mitchum Is Dead (2010)
![Tomasz Sapryk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/805/158805152_d9fab6.jpg)
Tomasz Sapryk
Poland
Best movies:
Hatred (2016)
Day of the Wacko (2002)
Kariera Nikosia Dyzmy (2002)
Rafal Guzniczak
Best movies:
Tricks (2007)
Squint Your Eyes (2003)
Solidarność, Solidarność... (2005)
![Katarzyna Kołeczek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/355/167355041_bb9a80.png)
Katarzyna Kołeczek
Poland
Best movies:
Letters to Santa (2011)
Tricks (2007)
The Man with the Magic Box (2017)
Lech Dyblik
Poland
Best movies:
The Peasants (2023)
Sonata (2021)
Life Feels Good (2013)
![Joanna Liszowska](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/506/164506977_034c90.png)
Joanna Liszowska
Poland
Best movies:
Tricks (2007)
Superheroes (2010)
Krzysztof Tysnarzewski
Best movies:
Tricks (2007)
Summer Solstice (2014)
Anna Walkowiak
Poland
Best movies:
Tricks (2007)
Marzena Kipiel-Sztuka
Poland
Best movies:
Character (1997)
Tricks (2007)
The Fighter (2019)
Zbigniew Szymczyk
Best movies:
Woman of... (2023)
Tricks (2007)
Roman Baranowicz
Poland
Jan Węglowski
Best movies:
Tricks (2007)