Edi
by Piotr Trzaskalski
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Actor: Aleksandra Kisio, Grzegorz Stelmaszewski, Henryk Golebiewski, Jacek Braciak, Jacek LenartowiczDirector: Piotr Trzaskalski
Brand: Facets Multimedia
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Polish (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Subtitled); Polish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Polish (Published), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Color, Import, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 97 minutes
Published: 2004
DVD Release Date: 2006-11-28
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: MGE
Movie Reviews of Edi
Movie Review: A Touching Film About Two Scrap Metal Collectors
Summary: 5 Stars
"Edi" is a movie about two scrap metal collectors. Edi (Henryk Golebiewski) and Jurek (Jacek Braciak) live simple lives. During the day they collect trash and during the night they drink away most of their earnings. Edi is kindhearted and tries to help others, even if he has to suffer himself as a consequence.
Two small-time thugs want Edi to tutor their sister, so she can pass her exams. Edi helps her with her studies, but gets more than he bargained for. When her brothers discover that she is pregnant, she lies to them, saying Edi is the father. They go ballistic and take vengeance on Edi.
"Edi" is sprinkled with several meaningful dialogues where Edi and Jurek express their philosophies about life. Overall, "Edi" is emotional and touching drama.
Summary of Edi
The first feature from documentarian Piotr Trzaskalski is a warm-hearted story of Edi, a homeless scrap-dealer who ekes out a meager living with his simple-minded buddy Juri Played with stoic grace by Henryk Golebiewski (Sara), Edi and Juri can barely survive in modern-day capitalist Poland. His prospects improve when he meets two tough guys in the liquor business who hires him to look after their beautiful teenage sister. But, the young girl leads a more complicated life than her brothers realize, and Edi gets caught in the middle, with disastrous results. Golebiewski's touching performance as the long-suffering Edi highlights the film, while director Trzaskalsi creates a melancholy atmosphere worthy of Robert Bresson or Andrei Tarkovsky, the director?s key influences.