Product Details

• Actors: Mateusz Damiecki, Izabella Miko, Violetta Arlak, Krzysztof Globisz, Anna Bosak
• Directors: Bruce Parramore
• Format: PAL, Subtitled, Widescreen, Import, Collector's Edition
• Subtitles: English
• Region: All Regions
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: G (General Audience)
• Studio: TiM Film
• Run Time: 118 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: 8361436677
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #286,119 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Poland released, PAL/Region free DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada: SPOKEN LANGUAGE: POLISH Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS; SUBTITLES: ENGLISH; WIDESCREEN 2,35:1; SYNOPSIS: Hania is a rookie journalist whose routine existence is about to be turned upside down. Her first day's work takes her behind the scenes and into the world of rhythm and dance. Captivated instantly by its intensity, her senses awaken. However, behind the excitement lies a dark secret known only to her mother Basia - legendary dancer Jan Kettler is Hania's long-lost father. But before this turmoil can engulf her she is enchanted by Wojtek, a passionate street dancing rebel with dreams of Broadway.

Customer Reviews

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4.0 out of 5 stars a Polish dance movie/romantic comedy, December 27, 2010

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Richard J. Brzostek (New England, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Love and Dance (Kochaj I Tancz) (DVD)

Kochaj i Tancz (Love and Dance) is a Polish dance movie/romantic comedy. Although the story is mostly predictable, like most romantic comedies, it isn't bad. There are a number of things in the plot that don't make sense that you have to ignore to believable the story. If you can get past some of these minor details, the movie is fun, but nothing groundbreaking or spectacular.

The story begins with a construction worker guy (Mateusz Damiecki) bumping into a woman (Izabella Miko) on her way to an interview to work for a magazine. They soon see each other again as her first assignment is to do a story about dancers and it just happens that he has ambitions to be a dancer. They both get along well and like each other, but she fails to tell him that she has a fiance already and is getting married soon. There is a lot more to the story with additional sub-stories, but I will leave the rest alone in an attempt to save some suspense.

The actors of Kochaj i Tancz deserve mention. There are a lot of recognizable faces from both the older (Katarzyna Figura and Krzysztof Globisz) to the younger (Roma Gasiorowska and Jakub Wesolowski) generations of Polish actors that play small roles or have a cameo. Even the late Maciej Kozlowski has a short role as a taxi driver.

Interestingly enough, Poles who left their homeland and became famous for acting in English speaking films have two of the leading roles in Kochaj i Tancz. Jacek Koman left Poland in the early 1980s and stared in well-known films such as Moulin Rouge! and Defiance. Although Izabella Miko's early work was in Polish cinema, she has stared in far more American films since then. From Coyote Ugly to Clash of the Titans, Miko is better known for her English language movies. Interestingly enough, before she got into acting she actually was a ballet dancer.