Playing Hard follows three women struggling with alcohol - a prosecutor, a successful surgeon and a student, who are all joined by a tragedy. The cast includes Agata Kulesza, Dorota Kolak, Maria Dębska, Marcin Dorociński, Mirosław Baka, Rafał Rutkowski, Sławomir Zapała, Barbara Kurzaj, Dorota Landowska and Jowita Budnik.
"We live in a world almost drowned in alcohol, and women are quicker to become addicts. Each Pole is an alcohol savant and if someone is not drinking, he can be suspected of being a sober alcoholic. Alcoholics are disappointed idealists, they are like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. After they drink, they show you a totally different side of them", director Kinga Dębska told FNE.
The film was shot on location in Warsaw and Płock in August-September 2017. It was produced by Zbigniew Domagalski of Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop in coproduction with Wytwórnia Filmów Dokumentalnych i Fabularnych, EBH Polska, with a budget of 1.1 m EUR / 5 m PLN including 350,000 EUR / 1.5 m PLN of financing from the Polish Film Institute.
The film will be released in Poland on 4 January 2018 distributed by Kino Świat.
Production Information:
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Credits:
Director: Kinga Dębska
Screenwriters: Kinga Dębska, Mika Dunin
DoP: Andrzej Wojciechowski
Music: Michal Novinski
Cast: Agata Kulesza, Dorota Kolak, Maria Dębska, Marcin Dorociński, Mirosław Baka, Rafał Rutkowski, Sławomir Zapała, Barbara Kurzaj, Dorota Landowska, Jowita Budnik
