THE BOY WHO WALKED BAREFOOT
POLISH TITLE: O CHŁOPCU, KTÓRY CHODZIŁ BOSO
Zbyszek is a simple horse-boy who has a special connection with animals. However, his gift is not a value in a rural reality and his dream girl counts him as a weirdo. One day a stranger man brings his restive horse to the stable. How much will Zbyszek sacrifice to become a man?
- GENRE:
- fiction
- COUNTRY:
- Poland
- RUNNING TIME:
- 12'
- YEAR:
- 2020
- DIRECTING:
- Gracjana Piechula
- SCRIPT:
- Gracjana Piechula
- EDITOR:
- Helena Wieczorek
- CAST:
- Jan Grządziela, Dominika Majewska, Jan Naturski
- SOUND:
- Franciszek Kozłowski, Paweł Czerwiński
- PRODUCTION:
- Szkoła Filmowa im. Krzysztofa Kieślowskiego
Gracjana Piechula »
Gracjana Piechula was born in Rydułtowy. After graduating from Philosophy at the University of Silesia, she went hitchhiking in Australia and Asia for a year. She is currently studying film directing at The Krzysztof Kieślowski Film School. What she loves most about this job is that every experience and observation might be used as inspiration for a film.
AT FESTIVALS:
- FINC - Festival Internacional de Cinema de Baía Formosa, 2021, Brazil, 2021 (screening)
- Beach Film Festival 2021, North Macedonia, 2021 (competition)
- Ca’ Foscari Short Film Festival, 2021, Italy, 2021 (competition)
- The Pigeon International Film Festival, 2021, Iceland, 2021 (competition)
- TIFF ODA Tetova International Film Festival 2022, North Macedonia, 2022 (competition)