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Playing Hard(2019)
Status: Released
Date: 2019-01-04
64%
38 Votes
Time: 1h 28m
Women on the edge
Overview:
Stories of three women struggling with alcohol. Dorota is a great prosecutor. Using her immunity, she tries to avoid responsibility for her offenses committed under the influence of alcohol. Her husband, a famous politician, helps her keep the problem secret and rescues her from many troubles but he slowly loses patience. A respected children surgeon Teresa has lost her family due to drinking problem, all she is left with is her job at the hospital where she is the main doctor. The situation goes out of control when the woman comes drunk to the hospital. A student, Magda, likes to party hard and because she is a good student and has a great job, no-one opposes that. At one moment, the girl loses control. A tragedy happens.
Languages: Polish.
Countries:
Poland
ProductionCompanies: 
Studio Filmowe Kalejdoskop
Axi Immo
Movie: Playing Hard
Top 10 Billed Cast
Dorota Kolak
Teresa
Agata Kulesza
Dorota
Maria Dębska
Magda
Marcin Dorociński
Jerzy
Barbara Jonak
Beata
Mirosław Baka
Wiktor
Dorota Landowska
Matka Magdy
Przemysław Bluszcz
Ojciec Magdy
Mateusz Janicki
Adrian
Rafał Rutkowski
Policjant Andrzej Krenczek
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Overview
Stories of three women struggling with alcohol. Dorota is a great prosecutor. Using her immunity, she tries to avoid responsibility for her offenses committed under the influence of alcohol. Her husband, a famous politician, helps her keep the problem secret and rescues her from many troubles but he slowly loses patience. A respected children surgeon Teresa has lost her family due to drinking problem, all she is left with is her job at the hospital where she is the main doctor. The situation goes out of control when the woman comes drunk to the hospital. A student, Magda, likes to party hard and because she is a good student and has a great job, no-one opposes that. At one moment, the girl loses control. A tragedy happens.
Release Date
2019-01-04
Average
6.4
Rating:
3.2 startsTagline
Women on the edge
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