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Moonlighting is a British film of genre Drama directed by Jerzy Skolimowski released in USA on 18 september 1982 with Jeremy Irons
Moonlighting (1982)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 18 september 1982
Length 1h37
Directed by Jerzy Skolimowski
OriginUnited-kingdom
Genres Drama
Rating72%
Moonlighting is a 1982 British drama film written and directed by Jerzy Skolimowski. It is set in the early 1980s at the time of the Solidarity protests in Poland. It stars Jeremy Irons as Nowak, a Polish builder leading a team working illegally in London.
Synopsis
Un riche polonais envoie quatre compatriotes munis de visas touristiques pour retaper sa maison londonienne. Ce qui est une bonne affaire pour tout le monde. Cependant, les travaux s'avèrent plus compliqués que prévu, et poussent Nowak, le contremaître, à se comporter en véritable tyran avec ses ouvriers. Ils ignorent cependant comment il redouble d'ingéniosité afin de leur procurer nourriture et matériel malgré le petit pécule dont il dispose. Pendant ce temps, l'état de siège est décrété en Pologne. Nowak, qui apprend la nouvelle, décide de ne rien dire à ses camarades.Actors
Jeremy Irons
(Nowak)
Eugene Lipinski
(Banaszak)
Trevor Cooper
(Hire Shop Man)
Renu Setna
(Junk Shop Owner)
David Calder
(Supermarket Manager)
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