Production: 
Opus Film, Co-production: Canal +
Director: 
Sławomir Fabicki
Screenplay: 
Sławomir Fabicki, Denijal Hasanovic, Marek Pruchniewski
Cinematography: 
Bogumil Godfrejow
Scenography: 
Wojciech Żogała
Costumes: 
Aneta Flis
Production Manager: 
Jacek Gawryszczak
Producers: 
Piotr Dzięcioł, Łukasz Dzięcioł
Cast: 
Antoni Pawlicki, Natalia Vdovina, Jacek Braciak, Michał Filipiak, Wojciech Zieliński

STORY

 

The hard-hitting and intense story of a 19-year-old, who fights to support the woman in his life and her child, and is forced to enter into a world of evil. Brought up without a father, Wojtek lives in Slask, a run-down mining region, where it is hard to believe in a future. In these run-down, dirty streets, love is even harder to find. Wojtek is in love with an older woman named Katja, a Ukrainian emigrant who has a child. He is ready to do anything to ensure her right to stay in Poland. However, the world of illegal boxing matches, small time gangsters, and debt retrieval has him cornered. The more he fights for a better life, the lower he falls. How much will he have to sacrifice to free himself from the evil that surrounds him? Can he salvage that which is most important?

AWARDS

 
Official Polish Submission for 79th Academy Awards Consideration
European Film Awards - European Discovery 2006 category
Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia 2006 - Editing and Director of Photography Awards
Warsaw Film Festival 2006 - Sound Design Award, Best Script
Thessaloniki International Film Festival 2006 - Best Director and Best Actor
Tallinn Film Festival 2006 - Special Mention
Bratislava Film Festival 2006 - Mention Jury, Fipresci Award, Public Award
Salerno Film Festival 2007 - The Best Film
Taiwan Film Festival 2007 - Special Mention

PHOTOS