No Matter How Hard We Tried
Aleksandra Popławska, Lech Łotocki, Magdalena Kuta, Maria Maj, Roma Gąsiorowska, Agnieszka Podsiadlik, Justyna Wasilewska, Adam Woronowicz, Rafał Maćkowiak
One of the biggest hits from TR Warszawa, besieged by the audience, praised by critics and awarded many times at festivals. It is a funny and moving portrait of a divided Polish society, overwhelmed by the burden of a traumatic history, torn between national pride and a sense of shame. With a crazy, full of the inventiveness of language and razor-sharp humor, Masłowska portrays modern Poland, where nouveau, pseudo-artisans and media celebrities meet disappointed youth and people living in the working class on the verge of poverty. Everyone is trying to stay on the surface of a toxic mixture of commercialism, Catholic nationalism and the idealized tragic past.