Moonlighting

Name: Moonlighting
Genre: Social Issues, Drama, Classic
Released: 1982
Duration: 97 min
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Eugene Lipinski, Jiri Stanislav, Eugeniusz Haczkiewicz, Dorota Zieciowska

Jerzy Skolimowski19821h 37mSocial Issues, Drama, Classic

Why we chose it

Skolimowski began the script in December 1981, and by May 1982 it had won him a prize at Cannes. Jeremy Irons plays Nowak, the only one in a crew of Polish builders who speaks English, earning extra money in London when martial law is declared back home and the borders close.

Synopsis

In December 1981, four Polish workers arrive in London to renovate their boss’s flat on the cheap. Only Nowak, the foreman, knows any English, so he does all the shopping, haggling and minding of the money. When martial law is declared at home and the borders close, Nowak is the first to find out, and he doesn’t say a word to the others.