Obywatel, 2014, 108 min.
2014
Gdynia Film Festival
Special Jury Award
Director | Jerzy Stuhr | |
Screenplay | Jerzy Stuhr | |
Cinematography | Pawel Edelman | |
Music | Adrian Konarski | |
Art Director | Monika Sajko | |
Producers | Piotr Dzieciol, Jerzy Stuhr |
Jan Bratek | Jerzy Stuhr | |
Young Jan Bratek | Maciej Stuhr | |
Renata Bratek | Sonia Bohosiewicz | |
Janusz Gajos | Janusz Gajos | |
Member of parliament | Dorota Stalinska | |
Member of parliament | Jerzy Fedorowicz | |
Child Jan Bratek | Aleksander Krom | |
Jan’s Mother | Barbara Horawianka | |
Younger Jan’s Mother | Malgorzata Dobrowolska | |
Young Jan’s Mother | Magdalena Boczarska | |
Jan’s Father | Cezary Kosinski |
The film begins with the protagonist’s tragic accident that happens before his entering television building and that is coincidentally connected to the visit of the President of Poland in the building. After this, the action takes place in the hospital room where our protagonist is being brought back to life. In the patient’s hallucinations his 60-year-life is being replayed- childhood, youth and adulthood- we follow it as it is inter wined with Poland’s after war history, through various political systems until a surprising end.