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Moonlighting

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Original title

Moonlighting

Year

1982

Running time

97 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Jerzy Skolimowski

Screenwriter

Jerzy Skolimowski

Cast

Music

Stanley Myers

Cinematography

Tony Pierce-Roberts

Producer

Co-production United Kingdom-Germany - West Germany (FRG);

Michael White Production

Genre

Comedy. Drama | Job/Employment

Synopsis

A Polish contractor, Nowak, leads a group of workmen to London so they can provide cheap labor for a government official based there. Nowak (Irons) has to manage the project and the men as they encounter the tempations of the West and loneliness and separation from their families. Nowak is the only one of the group who speaks English, and he uses this as a tool over his team. When the unrest in Poland leads to a military takeover, Nowak is faced with a much more difficult situation than he expected.

Awards: 1982: Cannes Film Festival: Best Screenplay

1982: National Society of Film Critics (NSFC): nominated to Best Picture.

1982: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Ten Films.

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Moonlighting

1982

Jerzy Skolimowski

6.6

(546)