My Flesh My Blood

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2009 / 90min.

Rating5.444

Genres

Drama

Romance

Synopsis

Igor is a professional boxer whose world comes to a halt when he learns that his brain has been severely damaged from his many years of fighting. Refusing to undergo surgery, he knows that his days are numbered. Not having much left, his last desire is to leave a child behind as his legacy. A young Vietnamese immigrant, Yen Ha, agrees to have his baby in return for Polish citizenship. Despite the nature of their agreement, they slowly fall in love, but then Igor's health deteriorates...

Directors

Marcin Wrona

Actors

Eryk Lubos

Wojciech Zieliński

De Ly Luu

Monika Obara

Marek Piotrowski

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