Movie: Polonaise

Top 10 Billed Cast

Nadja Hüpscher
Nadja Hüpscher

Robin

Hajo Bruins
Hajo Bruins

Charlie

Tamar van den Dop
Tamar van den Dop

Hilde

Marnie Blok
Marnie Blok

Eef

Terence Schreurs
Terence Schreurs

Nena

Ariane Schluter
Ariane Schluter

Vera

Horace Cohen
Horace Cohen

Coffee seller

Egbert Jan Weeber
Egbert Jan Weeber

Barry

Mimoun Oaïssa
Mimoun Oaïssa

Najib

Eric van Sauers
Eric van Sauers

Pirate station (voice)

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    In the TV film Polonaise, traffic jams have grown into a phenomenon in which traffic jam call girls, hairdressers and photographers enliven the endless delays. The film follows a number of people in a jam on the A5. The central character is a Pole in an expensive Saab Convertible, who is wanted by the police. A red Panda carries the heavily pregnant Hilde and her cynical sister. Hilde is worried because she has not seen her friend anymore after a quarrel. In an old Saab, a young couple is bickering. She is a `yuppie cunt' who stakes her marriage for a parking licence and is tired of her husband smoking dope. Charlie the music promoter is driving his son's car. He likes traffic jams, because they allow him to settle his deals undisturbed and meet his secret love, the traffic jam call girl Nena. While the characters are confronted with each other and themselves more and more, tension rises to a peak. A radio pirate connects the story lines with his chatter.

  • Release Date

    2002-03-11

  • Average

    7.5

  • Rating:

    3.8 starts
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  • Languages:

    Nederlands
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