THE PASSION OF MARIAN
POLISH TITLE: MĘCZEŃSTWO MARIANA
REPRESENTED BY KFF
It is a story of a young, unemployed catechist who leaves a big city for a province to take a job at a school. This escape is to change his unsuccessful life. Unfortunately, he is accused of child abuse there, and while trying to defend himself, he faces a choice he has not expected. The reality becomes grotesque and malicious. Only one thing can save him from oppression…
FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION
- GENRE:
- fiction
- COUNTRY:
- Polska
- RUNNING TIME:
- 40'
- YEAR:
- 2006
- DIRECTING:
- Adrian Panek
- SCRIPT:
- Adrian Panek
- DOP:
- Kamil Płocki
- EDITOR:
- Marcin Bukojemski
- CAST:
- Mateusz Grydlik, Tadeusz Szymkow, Michał Grudziński, Monika Dawidziuk, Ewelina Paszke, Edward Kalisz, Oskar Szmolda
- MUSIC:
- Maciej Bączyk
- PRODUCTION:
- Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich - Studio Munka , Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego / PISF
Adrian Panek »
Born in 1975; scriptwriter and director; a graduate of University of Silesia Krzysztof Kieślowski Radio and Television Department in Katowice and a film course at Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing; lives in Warsaw. The author of a short film 'Męczeństwo Mariana' [Marian’s Martyrdom] made within the first edition of the programme '30 minutes'.
AT FESTIVALS:
- 7th Era New Horizons International Film Festival, Poland, 2007 (competition)