Milkbar (2007)

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Original title	Milkbar
Swedish release title	Milkbar
International title	Milkbar
Alternative title	Milk Bar
Title for Swedish TV release	Mjölkbaren
Working title	The Last Battle of the Milkbar

Director	Terese Mörnvik Ewa Einhorn
Screenplay	Terese Mörnvik Ewa Einhorn
Producer	Fredrik Gertten Margarete Jangård
Music	Dan Gisen Malmquist (as Dan "Gisen" Malmquist)
Film Editor	Jesper Osmund (redigering och narrativ struktur)
Technical Advisor	Martin Thorbjörnsson (koordinator)
Executive Producer	Fredrik Gertten
Production Accountant	Anahita Zafari
Film Commissioner	Hjalmar Palmgren (Svenska Filminstitutet)
Color Timer	Johan Eklund
Sound Editor	Martin Hennel

Danuta Dzius
Dzidka Monasterska
Asia Chabrowska

Production Company	WG Film AB
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)
	Danmarks Radio TV
	Omroepvereniging VPRO
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)
Colour type	Colour
Length in minutes	50 min

Release in Sweden	2007-11-09	Zita 1	Stockholm	Sweden	50 min
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
Carrier type	Digital Betacam (PAL)

Element type	Digitalt arkivmaterial
Carrier type	MAP

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Milkbar BIO - WG-film.
Extent	19 s. + 6 s. för- och eftertext och regissörens kommentar.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Script title	Milkbar DVD - WG-film.
Extent	20 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Dialoglista
Extent	28 s. + 5 s. för- och eftertext och regissörens kommentar.
Language	English

Script type	Synopsis
Extent	1 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Extent	1 s.
Language	Swedish

Script type	Synopsis
Extent	1 s.
Language	English

Script type	Synopsis
Extent	1 s.
Language	English