This movie seemed really harsh to me. I guess one of the reasons for that is that the main character Marek looks alike a person I used to know someone I have lost actually I won't get into many details. There were quite a few moments of this movie which were astonishing with their way of showing the reality out there. Reality which exists, but many are not ready to accept this fact.
To me Marek is a normal teen-aged boy, who needs his own space he is tired to hear from people who think that they know what is best for him. Unfortunately he should have listened to his dad a person, who surely loves him, trough somehow the link between them was lost. There is emptiness in the heart of the boy caused by the missing of his mother I did not get if she died before or just left them, but somehow the fact she was not there was affecting Marek in a way which make me to think that he was more close to her than to his father.
I can not blame him for running away , I myself have considered this opportunity several times and even seeing movies like that , seeing that it could be hard to survive couldn't quite affect my troughs that someday I may do it. The differences between me and Marek he is more brave than me he took his decision and acted on it. It is another question if his decision was silly or not
The first sexual scene is very disturbing I felt sorry for the boy. I was watching the screen thinking "Now you have to go back ", but at the same time realizing that for him this was not an option. The scene at the bar when he announced for a very first time his new profession is where you see the way he deals with it. I could hardly forget the way he spoke, as he approached the American tourist, the way he looked him it seemed oddly professional I don't really know what term to use to describe it.
At the same time we see the other types of characters the pimps, the boys, the clients they are portrayed in greater details. Somehow even their face expression talked about their personality or at least it did to me.
I passed trough a very similar place to this bar in which Marek was approached by the pimp for a first time. And you know as I looked into it it seemed unbelievable how many were the similarities to what was shown in the movie. The only difference the prostitutes were girls but nothing more. When school as over I have to pass that places again (and 8 pm doesn't seem like the right time to do it but I have no choice) after seeing the movie it freaks me out a bit.
But on to the movie it is a masterpiece of Wiktor Grodecki, there is no doubt in this. I highly recommend that you watch it at least ones. And may be someday you will be able to make the difference for a boy like the ones shown in this movie to take him out of his own hell he is living it. Even trough it is hard as the boys seemed doomed to their destiny.
