Original title | Milkbar |
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Film type | Short |
Category | Documentary |
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Swedish release | 2007-11-09 |
“Look at McDonald’s, what kind of food is that?”This is the story of two stubborn ladies running a Polish milk bar, a business from another time. The bar serves well-cooked...
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Production Company | WG Film AB | ||
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Co-Production Company | Oy Yleisradio Ab | ||
Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB) | |||
Arte Deutschland TV GmbH | |||
Sveriges Television AB | |||
Film i Skåne AB | |||
Telewizja Polska SA (TVP) | |||
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Supported by | Nordisk Film & TV Fond | ||
Konstnärsnämnden | |||
Stiftelsen Längmanska kulturfonden | |||
MEDIA Programme of the European Community | |||
Advance allocations | Stiftelsen Svenska Filminstitutet | 2006 | |
Distributor in Sweden | Folkets Bio AB | ||
Sales | Films Transit International Inc. |
“Look at McDonald’s, what kind of food is that?”
This is the story of two stubborn ladies running a Polish milk bar, a business from another time. The bar serves well-cooked traditional food. The prices are low and the customers many. But can a concept from the communist past survive in today’s society? Out of Poland’s 25 000 milk bars, only 140 remain.
After communism fell, Poland’s milk bars flipped from being government-owned to privately operated. Danuta Dzius grasped the opportunity and took over Bar Bywalec. Together with her sidekick, Dzitka Monasterska, they try to hold off the liberal market that stampede just outside their doors. Bar Bywalec cannot survive without the state subsidies but the imposed regulations are strict. Danuta and Dzitka sit side-by-side in their tiny office and calculate the maximum profit allowed for each dish. They quarrel like an old couple, smoke cigarettes, drink endless cups of tea and make orders on this, that and the other.
In Bar Bywalec, homeless people sit alongside middle-class families. Old ladies share tables with construction workers. Danuta and Dzitka treat all customers equally and they seldom raise an eyebrow. Danuta wants to renovate the bar but it’s costly. The kitchen equipment is old. Some say time is running out for milk bars. But Danuta begs to differ.
“Why can’t there be milk bars all over the world?”
Aspect ratio | 16:9 (DVCam) |
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Colour type | Colour |
Length in minutes | 50 min |
Release in Sweden | 2007-11-09 | Zita 1 | Stockholm | Sweden | 50 min | |
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Festival showing | 2007-11-10 | Zita 2 | Stockholm | Sweden | 50 min | |
TV showing | 2008-01-28 | SVT1 | Sweden | 50 min |
Festival Award | Bulgarien | 2008 | (bästa dokumentär/best documentary vid Golden Chest International TV-festival i Bulgarien) |
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Element type | Video tape digital |
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Carrier type | Digital Betacam (PAL) |
Element type | Digitalt arkivmaterial |
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Carrier type | MAP |
Size | About 70 x 100 cm |
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Quantity | 2 |
Script type | Dialoglista |
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Script title | Milkbar BIO - WG-film. |
Extent | 19 s. + 6 s. för- och eftertext och regissörens kommentar. |
Language | Swedish |
Script type | Dialoglista |
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Script title | Milkbar DVD - WG-film. |
Extent | 20 s. |
Language | Swedish |
Script type | Dialoglista |
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Extent | 28 s. + 5 s. för- och eftertext och regissörens kommentar. |
Language | English |
Script type | Synopsis |
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Extent | 1 s. |
Language | Swedish |
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Extent | 1 s. |
Language | Swedish |
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Extent | 1 s. |
Language | English |
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Extent | 1 s. |
Language | English |