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Mood:
- BleakSincereTenseContemplativeSuspensefulCaptivatingThought Provoking
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Plot:
- Culture ClashPolitical UnrestWorking ClassWorkplace SituationsLife is a BitchSocietyWorkplacePower Relations more...
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Genres:
- DramaIndependent
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Time/Period:
- 80s
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Place:
- EnglandEuropeLondon
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedCannes Festival WinnerPrestigious Awards
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Flag:
- Brief Nudity
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Moonlighting, 1982
English, Polish
UK, West Germany
Profile of Moonlighting
Moonlighting can be described as bleak, tense, and sincere. The plot revolves around the working class, political unrest, and workplace situations. The main genres are drama and independent. In approach, Moonlighting is serious and realistic. It is located in London. It takes place in the 1980s. Moonlighting has received attention for being critically acclaimed and a Cannes festival winner. Note that it involves brief nudity.
Summary of Moonlighting
Looking to cut costs on the remodeling of his new apartment in London, a Polish official brings in a handful of workers from Warsaw, using tourist visas. Their foreman, Nowak, is the only one of the group who speaks English, and consequently the only one to learn that the Solidarity movement in Poland has just been crushed. Fearful that it will be difficult to return home, Nowak doesn't tell his crew, but initiates a series of petty crimes to keep them all financially afloat.
Details
| Language: | English, Polish |
| Country: | UK, West Germany |
| Release date: | 26 September 1982 |
| Runtime: | 97 min |
Cast and Crew
as Nowak
