directed by Maciej Bochniak, comedy, 107 min, eng subtitles
written by Maciej Bochniak, Mateusz Koœciukiewicz
with Dawid Ogrodnik, Piotr G³owacki, Tomasz Kot, Joanna Kulig, Aleksandra Hamka³o
In the crazy 90s Poland got its freedom back and the whole country dreamed the American dream. It was a time of big changes, gold fever and “everything is possible”. Tomek and Rudy are two guys from the countryside who, driven by a passion and a vision, leave their boring life to reach the top 10 of the Disco Polo music charts. Their carreer starts with concerts in the usual fire-stations and village discos, but then the band LASER opens doors all the way to a record company called Alfa. There, Tomek falls in love with a pretty, eccentric diva, called Gensonina. He becomes rich and famous and from now on all the girls are dancing just for him. But success has its price. Dollars only give a fake feeling of freedom and waking up from the American dream can be full of surprises and painful…
“Disco Polo” is a fairytale on the verge of absurdity, somewhere between a comedy, thriller and a crazy romance. Full of Disco Polo songs and stars, it also questions the success of this music genre in Poland of the 90s.