The read
It runs a compact 59m.
Synopsis
The main character - a man who suffers from alcoholism - wants to change his tumultuous life. The day before Christmas Eve he receives a gift from his son - a yellow scarf. A gift is a kind of talisman he receives from loved ones, and every time he loses it. When after another banquet he falls into delirium, his ex-wife and secretary bring him to his mother. She helps him to sober up and arranges holiday celebration for two of them. She gives her son another yellow scarf, in belief that it will help him break the pernicious habit.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
32 audience votes
Key crew
- Janusz MorgensternDirector
- Michał LorencOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Janusz GajosCast
- Danuta SzaflarskaMother
- Krystyna JandaCast
- Joanna SienkiewiczEx-Wife
- Małgorzata ZajączkowskaEwa
- Grażyna WolszczakCo-Worker
- Jerzy SchejbalPhysician
- Czesław NogackiAlkoholik spotkany w restauracji
- Magdalena MazurEkspedientka w sklepie z biżuterią
- Eugeniusz PriwieziencewAlkoholik w wizji bohatera
- Przemysław KaczyńskiPaweł, syn bohatera
- Marcin DorocińskiKierowca bohatera
Stills
Themes
alcoholicchristmas