Lifeisterrible,butIdecideditwasbeautiful—supposedlysaidbyBohumilHrabal,butitseemsitwasactuallyKlaudiaFortuniak.InherfilmaboutagroupofstrangersbroughttogetherbyanunexpectedrideonaŁódźtram,thedirectorfocusesonthesubtletiesthatmostfilmmakersoverlookintheirpursuitofdramatic’meat.’Thankstothis,EndsandBeginningsturnsouttobeastoryaboutabsurd,yethappycoincidencesandthetriflesthatcangiveoureverydaylifeflavorandrestoreitslostmeaning.
Izabella Dudziak,Karol Lelek