White Soup

– The dramatic story of a woman's struggle to discover the identity of her grandchild's father. The gr..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.50 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 12 Minutes
Release Year:
2003
Original Name:
Zurek
White Soup (2003) - Also known as Zurek

The dramatic story of a woman's struggle to discover the identity of her grandchild's father. The grandmother becomes obsessed with discovering the identity of the man who fathered her daughter's child.The naive daughter is of little help with her mother with the search, which turns into a dangerous journey, filled with unexpected events. The mother is forced to face and overcome her own dark secrets and deepest fears, and her struggles provide her daughter with a new sense of hope and understanding of her own life.

Producing Country:
Genre:

White Soup (2003) - Trailer

Release Date:

26 Sep 2003

Language:

Polish

Director:

Ryszard Brylski

Writer:

Ryszard Brylski, Olga Tokarczuk (short story)

Main Actors:

Katarzyna Figura, Natalia Rybicka, Marek Kasprzyk, Zbigniew Zamachowski

Plot:

A Christmas story. Shame, promises, and secrets in a border town in Poland. Iwonka, who's 15 and blood simple, has a baby, and her mother Halina has promised her recently-dead husband that she'll learn who the child's father is and have a christening by Christmas. Halina badgers Iwonka who identifies various putative fathers, each of whom proves not to be the one. As we come closer to Iwonka's secret, two men who liked Halina when she was young come to her aid: Wladek, who is her husband's brother, and Matuszek, a somewhat comic former cyclist whose career ended when he ran into a bus. Soldiers are everywhere, as is the cold. Will the baby find a father?

Awards:

2 wins & 4 nominations.

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.6/10