Cannes. Z Odzysku.

"This grim depiction of the squalor of provincial, modern-day Poland has plenty of heart," writes Duane Byrge in the Hollywood Reporter. "Yet, most powerfully it does not stoop to maudlin story punches. It's a gripping eye-opener of the quagmire of life in contemporary Poland."

"Although short on originality, Retrieval punches above its weight with beefy genre tale of an essentially decent young pugilist (impressive newcomer Antoni Pawlicki) who provides muscle power for a gangster," writes Variety's Leslie Felperin of the Un Certain Regard entry, noting that the cinematographer is Bogumil Godfrejow, "who also shot Berlin contender Requiem, is very much in the Lodz filmmaking school tradition that revels in gray-toned grit."

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