A child’s-eye view of parochial Poland during a sleepy, endless summer, Tricks is handsomely photographed but defiantly lacking in drama. A confident teenager pursues her quest for self-improvement, practising her Italian lessons as she does drudge work in a local bar. Meanwhile, her much younger brother is convinced that the man on the commuter train every morning is the father who left the family years before. Both siblings make deals with fate, investing huge significance in talismans that might change their luck. It’s charming, but it’s unlikely to rock your world.
12A, 96 mins