Mug

Twarz, 2018, 91 min.

Mug (2018)

Awards

2018
Berlinale
Jury Grand Prix Silver Bear

Off Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema
The Kulczyk Foundation Award

Off Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema
Best Actor for Mateusz Kosciukiewicz

Production

Director   Malgorzata Szumowska
Screenplay   Malgorzata Szumowska,
Michal Englert
Cinematography   Michal Englert
Music   Adam Walicki
Art Direction   Marek Zawierucha
Producer   Jacek Drosio

Cast

Jacek Mateusz Kosciukiewicz
Jacek’s Sister Agnieszka Podsiadlik
Dagmara Malgorzata Gorol
Priest Roman Gancarczyk
Jacek’s Brother Dariusz Chojnacki
Jacek’s Brother-in-law Robert Talarczyk
Jacek’s Mother Anna Tomaszewska
Jacek’s Sister-in-law Martyna Krzysztofik

Story

Jacek loves heavy metal, his girlfriend and his dog. His family, his small hometown, his fellow parishioners all see him as an amusing freak. Jacek works at the construction site of what is supposed to become the tallest statue of Jesus in the world. When a severe accident disfigures him completely, all eyes turn to him as he undergoes the first facial transplant in the country.