THREE FOR THE TAKING

POLISH TITLE: TRÓJKA DO WZIĘCIA

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Carefree life of a 16-year-old Inga is broken off with the news of her mother’s fatal illness. From one day to the next Inga is left alone with two younger siblings. She has to run away from the welfare workers who want to place her in an emergency shelter for children. Inga wander with the kids from her boyfriend’s to her aunt’s. Like it or not, she becomes a mother for the kids. For the sacrifices she receives unusual recompense…

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

GENRE:
fiction
COUNTRY:
Polska
RUNNING TIME:
39'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Bartek Konopka
SCRIPT:
Bartek Konopka, Piotr Borkowski
DOP:
Piotr Rosołowski
EDITOR:
Rafał Listopad
CAST:
Klaudia Barcik, Małgorzata Hajewska-Krzysztofik, Krzysztof Czeczot, Michał Włodarczyk, Marek Kasprzyk, Violetta Arlak, Łukasz Mechanicki, Andrzej Konopka
MUSIC:
Wojciech Waglewski
PRODUCTION:
Mistrzowska Szkoła Reżyserii Filmowej Andrzeja Wajdy (obecnie: Wajda Studio)

Bartek Konopka »

Oscar nominated for the “Rabbit a la Berlin” (2009) documentary that was shown at more than 70 festivals, received a dozen prizes and had been sold to 40 countries. His feature fiction debut “Fear of Falling” (2011) premiered at Montreal IFF (awarded at Mannheim, Mumbai, Lecce, Vincennes, Gdynia). Released in cinemas in France, Spain, Iran and  Poland. Author of many documentaries and couple of fictions that gained an international acclaim. Bartek is a graduate of film studies at the Jagiellonian University Krakow and Film Directing at the Silesian University in Katowice. Member of European Film Academy and the Board of Polish Film Institute.