There is a massive amount of movies in modern cinema about addiction, especially alcohol addiction, which is also the most common. This subject was exploited by a various directors and many times it was brilliantly played by an actors who created unforgettable characters.
What extinguish this movie is a incredible story, taken form prizewinning novel of distinguished author Jerzy Pilch. The character of alcoholic writer, no without reason claimed as autobiographic element of the book, is one of the best case study of an addiction to alcohol and life style, which is inherent to the addiction. The movie emphatically states that anyone can normally function in real world, and be one step from cliffhanger at the same time. You can be a successful writer, you can be a decent husband, and yet every day you surrender to your weakness.
The system designed to help is not perfect. In contrary, it's terrible ineffective. People - like main character of the story, when finally land in detoxification center – don't get the help they need. It's nothing more than a temporary detox. Residence in the facility is not the end of their Gehenna. It's just a point in history, because history is repeating itself over and over again.
For Jerzy, datum point is The Mighty Angel, a bar. A place which is a first stop after he leave detoxification center. The movie is not anticipated for viewers amusement. It is as realistic as life itself. Viewer shouldn't look forward to a happy ending, to a win in a battle against the struggle. You can hope that next time the story will end in different way, that the last time was an actual last time. You can hope and wish that the story ends well. I recommend to watch and see for Yourselves.