Polish Cinema Season: The Pawnshop
In his sympathetic portrait, director Łukasz Kowalski shows how money problems threaten to drive apart an enterprising couple - to tragic, heart-warming and sometimes highly amusing effect.
16+, 2021, 81 mins, Polish
Pawnbroker Wiesiek, his equally charismatic partner Jola and their staff are doing their best to boost interest in their wares, but sales are very slow. Local people may not be coming in to buy anything, but plenty of them are dragging in their own junk, and their problems. In his sympathetic portrait, director Łukasz Kowalski shows how money problems threaten to drive apart this enterprising couple - to tragic, hear-twarming and sometimes highly amusing effect.
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In-person Door Sales: £7.50; Senior Citizens/Unwaged/Students £6.50