THE 128TH RAT

POLISH TITLE: 128. SZCZUR

REPRESENTED BY KFF

A black-humour comedy about staying away from the rat race, and about a wry constatation that only idiots are capable of true happiness.  Paweł Burak, a much frustrated theology student, declares war against an oppressive reality.

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

GENRE:
fiction
COUNTRY:
POLAND
RUNNING TIME:
30'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Jakub Pączek
SCRIPT:
Jakub Pączek
DOP:
Jacek Kędzierski
EDITOR:
Ludwik Sielicki
CAST:
Bartłomiej Firlet, Diana Zamojska, Anna Radwan, Janusz Chabior, Grażyna Wolszczak
PRODUCTION:
Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich - Studio Munka

Jakub Pączek »

Born in 1984 in Kraków. Graduate of Film Directing at The Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School, Katowice, Poland and History of the Church at The Pontifical Academy of Theology, Kraków, Poland. He has directed several short films based on his own scripts, among them the much acclaimed “The Washing Machine”, “Rolls of Identity”, “The Best Chicks on the Train”, “Buro” and his graduation film “The A Side”. “The 128th Rat” is his thirty-minute professional debut. He also worked as an assistant director to Maciej Pieprzyca in his feature film “Life feels good”. He is now busy editing his newest short entitled “Full Dive” as well as writing and developing several feature-length projects.