Pitbull: Tough Women Explained

Pitbull: Tough Women
Native Name:	Language: Polish Pitbull: Niebezpieczne kobiety
Director:	Patryk Vega
Editing:	Tomasz Widarski
Studio:	Ent One
Distributor:	Kino Świat (Poland)
Runtime:	135 minutes
Country:	Poland
Language:	Polish
Gross:	$15 million^[1]

Pitbull: Tough Women (Polish: Pitbull: Niebezpieczne kobiety)^[2] is a 2016 Polish action film directed by Patryk Vega. It is the sequel to Pitbull: New Orders (also known as Pitbull: Public Order; 2016), and the third instalment in the Pitbull film series.^[3] Its sequel, Pitbull: Last Dog, was released in 2018.^[3]

Pitbull: Tough Women was Poland's highest-grossing film of 2016,^[4] and won the Amber Lion at the 2017 Gdynia Film Festival.^[5] It has grossed over $15 million worldwide,^[1] and as of June 2022, was the seventh highest-grossing Polish film of all time.^[6]

Premise

Two female police officers, Zuza (Joanna Kulig) and Jadźka (Anna Dereszowska), fight to survive a police force filled with corrupt superiors and the brutal criminal mafia.

Cast

• Alicja Bachleda-Curuś as Małgorzata "Drabina" Bojke
• Magdalena Cielecka as Lieutenant Izabela "Somalia" Zych
• Anna Dereszowska as Jadźka
• Sebastian Fabijański as Remigiusz "Cukier" Puchalski
• Andrzej Grabowski as Superintendent Jacek "Gebels" Goc
• Joanna Kulig as Zuza
• Maja Ostaszewska as Olka
• Tomasz Oświeciński as Marcin "Strachu" Opałka
• Piotr Stramowski as Darek "Majami"
• Artur Żmijewski as "Szelka", Jadźka's husband
• Zuzanna Grabowska as Cukier's attorney
• Aldona Jankowska as Cukier's mother
• Wojciech Kalinowski as Andrzej "Okej" Rękawik

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pitbull: Tough Women. Box Office Mojo. 22 March 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240322233207/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/releasegroup/gr2329891333/. 22 March 2024. live.
2. Web site: Pitbull: Tough Women (2016). Mubi. 23 March 2024. https://archive.today/20240323001549/https://mubi.com/en/us/films/pitbull-niebezpieczne-kobiety. 23 March 2024. live.
3. Web site: Ostatni pies, czyli od Vegi do Pasikowskiego, jak ewoluował Pitbull?. Empik. pl. 16 August 2018. 23 March 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240323171033/https://www.empik.com/pasje/ostatni-pies-czyli-od-vegi-do-pasikowskiego-jak-ewoluowal-pitbull,17307,a. 23 March 2024. live.
4. Web site: Zwoliński. Paweł. Podsumowanie polskiego Box Office 2016. Polish Filmmakers Association. Polish. 6 January 2017. 20 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230120105233/https://www.sfp.org.pl/wydarzenia,5,24354,1,1,Podsumowanie-polskiego-Box-Office-2016.html. 20 January 2023. live.
5. Web site: Pitbull. Niebezpieczne kobiety. Filmpolski.pl. pl. 23 March 2024. https://web.archive.org/web/20240323002453/https://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php?film=1240635. 23 March 2024. live.
6. Web site: Wysocka. Ewa. Najbardziej kasowe produkcje w historii polskiego kina. Najchętniej oglądane przez Polaków filmy zarobiły miliony. Interia. Polish. 8 June 2022. 20 January 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20220628010227/https://biznes.interia.pl/gospodarka/news-najbardziej-kasowe-produkcje-w-historii-polskiego-kina-najch,nId,6077710. 28 June 2022. live.