Once upon a time in November

Warsaw, November 2013. Mareczek takes Mamusia from a little allotment house in the outskirts where she has been spending the nights recently. It’s too cold for her to stay there. They set out to the city together with Koleś, a stray dog. They had both lost their flat due to the brutal policy of the city authorities and now they keep going from one shelter to the next. Although the dog is a burden in these circumstances, Mamusia doesn’t want to part with it. The woman makes herself comfortable in a squat where she and Mareczek witness the brutal attempt at burning down the building together with its inhabitants made by fascist militia who had left the Independence March on 11th November a moment earlier. The filmmakers used documentary material of true street incidents.

written by Andrzej Jakimowski
director of photography Adam Bajerski
music Tomasz Gąssowski
production design Ewa Jakimowska
costume design Aleksandra Staszko
make-up Dominika Dylewska
sound Sebastian Brański, Jacek Hamela
edited by Cezary Grzesiuk
casting by Tomasz Gąssowski
cast Agata Kulesza, Grzegorz Palkowski, Alina Szewczyk, Edward Hogg, Jacek Borusiński
production Zjednoczenie Artystów i Rzemieślników
producer Andrzej Jakimowski
co-produced by Canal+, Gigant Films, ITI Neovision, D35, Adam Production Adam Bajerski, Blue Dream Film Cezary Grzesiuk
production managers Katarzyna Kucia, Dariusz Kłodowski
co-financed by Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
distributed by Kino Świat