takes its title from a line of dialogue, an affectionate and somewhat deluded exclamation by a 70-year-old bedridden Swiss man to his 30-something Polish caretaker. The two have a secret, a side deal, that will disrupt the already shaky serenity of the man's family and draw hers into a clash of cultures and classes.
Those extracurricular encounters bring Wanda much-needed extra cash for her family back home; in their Warsaw high-rise apartment, her parents care for her two young sons during her absences in the name of a paycheck. Grochowska effortlessly conveys Wanda's groundedness: In all her dealings with her often childish employers, she displays forbearance, perceptiveness and pragmatism. And she more than holds her own in a salary negotiation with Josef's wife, Elsa .
Son Gregor , with his boyish crush on Wanda, is clearly unhappy about being forced into the family's building-materials business, often referred to with a royal"the firm." His true interest, birds, finds rather mixed expression, and though the screenplay, by Cooky Ziesche and the director, avoids a predictable outcome for the character, neither does it find an entirely satisfying one. That's true of the film as a whole; there's something held back in its touches of farce.
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