Little Dramas

The film opposes the view that childhood is the happiest time of our lives Childhood dramas are deeply etched in memory and leave a permanent imprint on our consciousness The Carousel Part I Little boys from a small town want to take a ride on the carousel but they have no money They push the carousel for hours They hope that the owner will eventually give them a free ride In the evening however they are already too tired to take up his offer They are allowed a ride but they refuse The Fall of a Millionaire Part II A tenyearold boy wants to impress his friends He is feeble and shy but he has a piggy bank which becomes the object of desire for his peers He tells the other boys that he will soon buy a bicycle from the accumulated savings When the bank is broken into pieces the myth of the millionaire is shattered There are only banknotes painted by the little dreamer Joanna Piątek Leksykon polskich filmów fabularnych Warszawa 1996