Still relevant for the obvious reason although the hardships of illegal immigrants are secondary to a sober condemnation of the stark living conditions in '80s Poland. Late stage communism is taken to task here as a morass of bureaucracy, where good will is in short supply and petty state officials make life difficult for the vulnerable seemingly as amusement. It's no wonder the two boys central to the story flee for the west in naive hope of helping their beleaguered parents. The plucky actors are as sympathetic as they are likable, effectively reenacting events with basis in reality. Thanks Netflix Turkiye for this experiment.

"300 mil do nieba" tells the story of two brothers and a friend of the oldest, who decide to take their chances and try to get out of Poland any way possible. We end up having a sad little movie, that shows the terrible situation of the poor and oppressed.

The story is simple enough and basically follows the grueling journey of the two brothers since the moment they decide to go on the run together. Their family is poor, their father, a teacher, lost his job because he didn't obey the orders from above about how history should be taught, they also have two younger twins... They are being strangled economically and psychologically, and in their imagination, they see the United States as the dream land.

The movie is bleak. Not terribly, but it keeps dark, dirty and angry throughout the whole running time. The direction is simple but effective, and the acting, even if the children are not great, is acceptable enough that it doesn't become a negative. The music is beautiful and brings the story to life without making it very cheesy. However, there are some down points, like some breaks of pace that don't make much sense, and some jarring moments when the story jumps from one point to the other too much in a hurry.

Good movie, but it could have been better.

i am so happy to find this movie again,i last watch this movie in Europe as a kid when i was only a young boy in the 1990's,i am about to re- watch it again as a adult living in Asia, lets see how it will turn out this time, i vaguely remember the story, so its going to be a great watch, lets start now,i will write more as the movie progress or when i am finished @20min of the film i love the way their park their motorcycle, hehehe so funny @44min i love the way the 2 boys reunited @125min of the movie is the most touching part, makes u want to cry,i can really feel their pain

OK the movie finished now,man it was great, i loved it, this story will really touch ur heart if u r an immigrant,most especially if u came from Europe controlled by Russians. anyways, i recommend to watch the new movie "The Immigrant" (2013) right after seeing this movie if u haven't already seen it, also i really wish that they showed more of the boys life after leaving Poland,i am really curious if the little boy really made it all the way to Louisiana USA. Its so funny to me to hear him say that, for me who have been in both places, PL and LA USA.