Letters to Santa 4 (Polish: Listy do M. 4) is a 2021 Polish-language romantic comedy directed by Patrick Yoka, and written by Marcin Baczyński and Mariusz Kuczewski. It is the fourth installment following the events of the 2011 film Letters to Santa by Mitja Okorn. The action takes place in Warsaw, Poland, during Christmas Eve and follows the lives of characters from the first film, focusing on various aspects of love as shown through separate stories involving a wide variety of individuals, many of whom are shown to be interlinked as the tales progress. As in the first film, its plot refers to the 2003 romantic comedy Love Actually, though the events differ in those films. The film was produced by TVN and distributed by Kino Świat. It premiered on 1 February 2021 on an online streaming service Player.pl. The film was followed by Letters to Santa 5 in 2022, and Letters to Santa 6 in 2024.
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Plot
The action takes place in Warsaw, Poland, during Christmas Eve and follows the lives of characters from the first film, focusing on various aspects of love as shown through separate stories involving a wide variety of individuals, many of whom are shown to be interlinked as the tales progress. Melchior "Mel Gibson" (Tomasz Karolak) has to adapt to a new working situation, Karina (Agnieszka Dygant) and Szczepan (Piotr Adamczyk) introduce new unusual parenting methods, Wojciech (Wojciech Malajkat) find himself competing with unexpected adversary for the love of Agata (Iza Kuna), and Karolina (Magdalena Różczka) and Filip (Borys Szyc) have to see if their relationship can survive when another woman is introduced.
Cast
Tomasz Karolak as Melchior "Mel Gibson"
Piotr Adamczyk as Szczepan Lisiecki
Agnieszka Dygant as Karina Lisiecka
Izabela Kuna as Agata
Magdalena Różczka as Karolina
Borys Szyc as Filip
Wojciech Malajkat as Wojciech
Danuta Stenka as "Rudolf"
Mateusz Winek as Kazik
Weronika Wachowska as Dusia
Magdalena Boczarska as Dagmara
Vanessa Aleksander as Monika
Matylda Radosz as Amelia
Cezary Pazura as Arek
Rafał Zawierucha as Stefan
Michał Zieliński as Igor
Barbara Wrzesińska as Kornelia
Stanisław Brudny as Antoni
Janusz Chabior as Lucek
Monika Pikuła as Justyna Włodarczyk
Bartłomiej Nowosielski as Zygmunt
Paweł Burczyk as Rafał
Anna Smołowik as Emilia
Eryk Lubos as Zbyszek
Joanna Kurowska as Jola
Paweł Okoński as Krzysztof
Cezary Kosiński as Karolina's boss
Robert Wabich as a City Guard officer
Magdalena Smalara as a City Guard officer
Production
The film was directed by Patrick Yoka, written by Marcin Baczyński and Mariusz Kuczewski, and produced by Tomasz Blachnicki and Maria Pasławska. The editing was done by Jarosław Barzan, cinematography by Marian Prokop, music by Łukasz Targosz, scenography by Marek Warszewski, and costiumes by Małgorzata Bednarek-Chumakou. It was filmed in Warsaw, Poland, in 2020, and produced by TVN. The main cast included Tomasz Karolak, Agnieszka Dygant, Piotr Adamczyk, Wojciech Malajkat, Izabela Kuna, and Borys Szyc. Its production was impacted and temporary halted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Distributed by Kino Świat, the film was originally planned to premiere in cinemas on 4 November 2020. However, due to the pandemic, it was instead released on the online streaming service Player.pl on 1 February 2021.