Completed - POLISH, ENGLISH, ITALIAN - Drama, True Story - 112 minutes
A touching story that will make you smile – BASED ON A TRUE STORYThe wonderful performance by Dawid Ogrodnik (well known for “I’m God” and then for “Ida” Oscar as Best Foreign Film in 2015) considered one of the mostsuccessful and acclaimed interpretations in Polish cinema of the last years, reminds Daniel Day Lewis in “My left foot”, Mathieu Almaric, in “the Diving Bell andthe Butterfly”, François Cluzet, in “Untouchables”. Kamil Tkacz, on his debut, plays with remarkable conviction Mateusz child.
Year of production : 2013 Director(s) : Maciej PIEPRZYCA Writer(s) : Maciej PIEPRZYCA Cast : Dawid OGRODNIK, Kamil TKACZ, Dorota KOLAK, Akradiusz JAKUBIK, Katarzyna ZAWADZKA, Anna NEHREBECKA Producer(s) : Wiesław ŁYSAKOWSKI (Tramway Studio Filmowe)
It is the amazing story of Mateusz, suffering from cerebral paralysis, diagnosed as mental retardation, then insurmountable obstacle for the child’scommunication with the world outside. After 25 years it will be found out that Mateusz is perfectly mentally healty. Despite the enormous difficultiesencountered in trying to communicate with the outside, Mateusz directly experiences the incredible power of willpower and tenacity, finally knockingdown the silence.
Country(ies) : POLAND
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Festival des films du Monde de Montreal 2013 (Grand prix des Americas, Audience Award, Ecumenical Prize)GDYNIA Film Festival – Poland 2013 (Silver Lion Audience Award Crystal Star (awarded by ELLE) to the actor Dawid Ogrodnik Apart Special award / Albert Riele to the actor Dawid Ogrodnik Golden Claqueur of Radio Gdansk) CHICAGO Int. film festival – USA 2013 (Silver Hugo in the New Directors Competition Audience Choice Award for the Best Narrative English-Language Feature)TOFI FEST – Toru? – Poland 2013 (Audience Award)38th Cleveland International Film festival – USA 2014 (Winner of the George Gund III Memorial Central and Eastern European Competition award (juried competition))10th Polish Film Festival New York – USA 2014 (The Elzbieta Czyszewska Award, in the Best Acting Category, to Dawid Ogrodnik for his incredible performance of a man in?icted with Cerebral Palsy Awarded the Krzysztof Kieslowski Prize as the Best Film)Golden Space Needle Award 2014 ( Best Actor (Dawid Ogrodnik))VOICES Film Festival Vologda – Russia 2014 (Audience Prize Award)polish film awards 2014 (best actor, best screenplay, best supporting actor, best supporting actress, audience award)