The Polish Freeloader

© Darmozjad polski, The Polish Freeloader, reż. Łukasz Wylężałek, fot. TVP, udostępnione dzięki Filmotece Narodowej Instytutowi Audiowizualnemu
Date
Hour
Place
02/08
21:00
CINEMA IN THE CASTLE


Darmozjad polski
reż|dir Łukasz Wylężałek | PL | 1998 | 96 min
prod|pro Jerzy Kapuściński, Robert P. Kamiński scen|wr Łukasz Wylężałek zdj|ph Bartosz Prokopowicz muz|mus Antoni Gralak mon|ed Mirosław Kęsiak ob|cast Adam Hutyra, Jan Peszek, Anna Samusionek, Ewa Kula, Janusz Michałowski, Andrzej Iwiński dys|dis TVP

DESCRIPTION

The film by Łukasz Wylężałek waited twelve years to be realized. It is played by outstanding Polish actors and actresses on an equal footing with nature conservationists. The story of the main character who leaves the psychiatric hospital where “television paralysis” was treated is full of reminiscences and images from the past. On a walk through the hometown of Chandra Unyńska, somewhere in the province of Poland, he revels in memories. The picture of Wylężałek is a pure ethnographic observation, almost in the climate of the Czech New Wave, with a grotesque political thread.


AWARDS
1997 Gdynia PFF – Special Jury Award
1997 Gdynia PFF – Award for the Best Supporting Actress
1997 Gdynia PFF – Award for the Best Supporting Actor

DIRECTOR
— ŁUKASZ WYLĘŻAŁEK (1953), Polish director and screenwriter. He studied at the PWSFTviT direction department in Łódź. He mainly produces documentaries, television shows and series. His works also include three feature films set on the periphery of Polish reality. Wylężałek captures the spirit of Poland in the 90s, the times of system change and historical changes that mean little to heroes of his films.

FILMOGRAPHY
— ŁUKASZ WYLĘŻAŁEK
1999 O dwóch takich, co nic nie ukradli
1998 Darmozjad polski|The Polish Freeloader
1993 Balanga|The Bash

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