Preserve

After a break-up with his fiancé, a young photographer moves in to a dilapidated tenement house on Warsaw Praga. The owner of the building commissions him to document the sorry state of the property. Taking photos of his neighbors and the area, Marcin discovers a completely new world that starts to fascinate him. Having a crush on a sensual hairdresser Hanka B., he lands on a blacklist of her roommate Rysiek – a quick-tempered criminal. He also receives extraordinary tokens of sympathy from a redhead hooligan. It’s the beginning of a series of events that will change Marcin’s life by bringing new friends and new enemies.

Written by: Łukasz Palkowski, Marcin Kwaśny
Director of photography: Paweł Sobczyk
Music by: Sebastian Krajewski
Production design by: Joanna Białousz-Milczarek
Sound: Mateusz Adamczyk, Wojciech Błaszczyk
Editing: Paweł Witecki
Costume design by: Barbara Łagowska
Production manager: Maja Zielony
Produced by: Paisa Films
Producer: Maciej Ślesicki, Jolanta Rojek
Executive producer: Kama Janczyk
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Country and year of production: Poland, 2007
Cast: Marcin Kwaśny (Marcin Wilczyński), Sonia Bohosiewicz (Hanka B.), Grzegorz Palkowski (Grześ), Artur Dziurman (Mr. Roman), Violetta Arlak (Krysia, newsagent), Tomasz Karolak (Rysiek, Hanka’s boyfriend), Mariusz Drężek (Marek, publisher, Marcin’s friend), Mikołaj Muller (Tadeusz Pakosz, photographer), Krzysztof Janczar (tenement house owner), Ryszard Chlebuś (“Wąs”, fitter), Waldemar Czyszak (Marian “Nijaki”, fitter)
Length: 100 min.