Series Brief
Overview
Two childhood best friends enjoying their final seaside summer as they prepare for film school meet an aspiring athlete who ignites unfamiliar desires.
Why fans love it
Absolute Beginners captures the specific tension of a final summer before adulthood. The seaside setting acts as a suffocating yet beautiful backdrop for the characters as they film their surroundings while navigating the messy, unspoken dynamics of their inner circle. There is a quiet focus on how art imitates life when young people attempt to document their own experiences rather than live them.
The arrival of a newcomer shifts the established rhythm of these lifelong friendships, exposing buried insecurities and nascent attraction. Martyna Byczkowska portrays the hunger for something beyond the familiar with refreshing directness. Instead of relying on standard tropes of summer romance, the drama leans into the discomfort of change and the difficulty of defining desire before film school pulls everyone in different directions.
Featured Players
Cast 66
Martyna Byczkowska
as Lena Głowacka
Bartłomiej Deklewa
as Niko
Jan Sałasiński
as Igor Tymczenko
Paulina Krzyżańska
as Malwina
Katarzyna Warnke
as Tamara
Piotr Witkowski
as Dawid
Anna Krotoska
as Bogusia
Andrzej Konopka
as Paweł Maj
Julian Świeżewski
as coach Marcin
Maksymilian Piotrowski
6 episodes
Mikołaj Krajewski
6 episodes
Adam Lisewski
6 episodes
Maks Szefler
6 episodes
Kacper Kaźmierski
6 episodes
Jakub Zieliński
6 episodes
Jakub Staniszewski
6 episodes
Bartosz Muse
6 episodes
Jan Dziadowicz
6 episodes
Kamil Żebrowski
6 episodes
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Hubert Woliński
6 episodes
Paweł Wolak
1 episode
Agata Hübner
1 episode
Maciej Maleńczuk
3 episodes
Mateusz Owiaks
1 episode
Michał Piela
1 episode
Dariusz Kardaś
1 episode
Igor Słupecki
1 episode
Ryszard Kłoza
1 episode
Dominika Orszulak
1 episode
Mariusz Bonaszewski
1 episode
Rafał Kwietniewski
1 episode
Marcin Wieluński
1 episode
Agnieszka Holland
1 episode
Agnieszka Smoczyńska
1 episode
Xawery Żuławski
1 episode
Natalia Fiedorczuk
1 episode
Jerzy Matula
1 episode
Waldo Bastida
1 episode
Dawid Dąbrowski
1 episode
Michalina Dworzaczek
1 episode
Zuzanna Kłos
1 episode
Jędrzej Matwijów
1 episode
Jakub Sirko
1 episode
Arthur Ulrich
1 episode
Julia Wojnowska
1 episode
Matylda Wojsznis
1 episode
Mateusz Rozwadowski
1 episode
Zofia Wysocka
1 episode
Miłosz Kicki
1 episode
Tobiasz Łukaszyk
1 episode
Radosław Ogonowski
1 episode
Łukasz Rotyński
1 episode
Marcin Składanowski
1 episode
Tymoteusz Solarczyk
1 episode
Maks Szambelan
1 episode
Mateusz Tralewski
1 episode
Łukasz Maciejewski
1 episode
Production Board
Crew
Stunts
Catering
Translator
Casting Assistant
Administration
Music
Editor
Assistant Production Manager
Director
Producer
Still Photographer
Costume Assistant
Stunt Coordinator
Line Producer
Interior Designer
Choreographer
Music Consultant
Sound Designer
Casting
Props
Signal Match
Cast Similarity
The Thaw
2 shared cast members
Shared
Anna Krotoska, Andrzej Konopka
Ojciec Mateusz
1 shared cast member
Shared
Michał Piela
1670
1 shared cast member
Shared
Martyna Byczkowska
Cracow Monsters
1 shared cast member
Shared
Julian Świeżewski
The Green Glove Gang
1 shared cast member
Shared
Jerzy Matula
Signal Match
Crew Similarity
Cracow Monsters
4 shared crew members
Shared
Robert Pałka, Adam Banaszkiewicz, Tomasz Naumiuk
+1 more
Roles: Camera Operator, Still Photographer, Translator
1670
3 shared crew members
Shared
Robert Pałka, Adam Banaszkiewicz, Wojciech Konkol
Roles: Health and Safety, Still Photographer, Translator
The Thaw
2 shared crew members
Shared
Kamila Tarabura, Tomasz Naumiuk
Roles: Director of Photography, Second Unit Director
Ojciec Mateusz
1 shared crew member
Shared
Wojciech Konkol
Roles: Health and Safety
The Green Glove Gang
1 shared crew member
Shared
Wojciech Konkol
Roles: Health and Safety
Topic Overlay
Topic Keyword Similarity
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2 shared keywords
Topics
romance, friendship
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2 shared keywords
Topics
romance, friendship
Welcome to Samdal-ri
2 shared keywords
Topics
romance, friendship
Call It Love
2 shared keywords
Topics
romance, friendship
Time and Him are Just Right
2 shared keywords
Topics
romance, friendship
The Youth Memories
2 shared keywords
Topics
romance, friendship
Skip and Loafer
2 shared keywords
Topics
romance, friendship
Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive?
2 shared keywords
Topics
romance, friendship
Pit Babe
2 shared keywords
Topics
romance, friendship
ATRI -My Dear Moments-
2 shared keywords
Topics
romance, friendship
Keyword Cloud
Keywords
friendship
romance
summer vacation
seaside
filmmaker
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Technical Sheet
Details
- First Aired
- October 25, 2023
- Status
- Ended
- Episode Runtime
- 46 minutes
- Origin
- PL
- TMDB Votes
- 33