26/10/2011

The best box-office start in the history of distributor Kino Świat and already the best score in director Marek Koterski’s career, Broads Are Somehow Different (Baby Sa Jakies Inne) has been enjoying immense success since its release in Polish theatres on October 14. With 264,000 admissions, its first weekend on release marked the fourth best box-office start of the year 2011 and the film kept its position as leader of the box office in its second week, having attracted a total of 544,960 viewers.

In the last two weeks, Broads Are Somehow Different has also managed to outperform Jerzy Hoffman’s 3D mega-production Battle of Warsaw 1920, even though Koterski’s feature was released on half as many prints (150 compared to 300). Overall, Hoffman’s film is still several strides ahead with 1.14m admissions.

Sometimes nicknamed the Polish Almodóvar, Koterski has now beaten his previous career record (418,843 admissions in 2002 with The Day of the Wacko [+see also:
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This time, the protagonist (Adam Woronowicz) spends most of his time talking in his car with a friend (Robert Wieckiewicz) about the crucial subject of women. These exchanges, typically male in tone, nonetheless reflect men’s weak spots, their expectations, habits and a deep loneliness.

Broads Are Somehow Different was produced by Studio Filmowe KADR. Its €1.1m budget included €625,000 in funding from the Polish Film Institute.

(Translated from French)