THE WORLD ACCORDING TO JESTER
POLISH TITLE: ŚWIAT WEDŁUG BŁAZNA
A story about an unusual person – a young mentally handicapped man who can amazingly accurately comment on events of the surrounding world and help people thanks to his ‘tomfoolery’, lift their spirits, warn
and cheer them up. He fully identified himself with the character of Jester whom he played in The Emperor’s New Clothes based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy tale. He is an actor of the ‘Nasza Lepsza’ Theatre operating at the Occupational Therapy Workshops in Lublin.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- RUNNING TIME:
- 27'
- YEAR:
- 2008
- DIRECTING:
- Grzegorz Linkowski
- DOP:
- Zbigniew Osęka-Osiński, Jacek Knopp, Ryszard Wieniek
- EDITOR:
- Ryszard Wieniek
- PRODUCTION:
- Grzegorz Linkowski, Link Art Film
Grzegorz Linkowski »
born in 1957 in Lublin. He is a graduate of pedagogy at the Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. A director of ‘Chatka Żaka’, the Academic Centre of Culture of the UMCS University in Lublin. An originator anddirector of the International Days of Documentary Film ‘Rozstaje Europy.’ A producer. An author of more than 20 documentary films, among others: Brothers of the Same God (1996), ...Embedded in David’s Star – the Cross (1997), The March of the Living (2003), Files (2004), A Ballad about Home (2006), A Story of a Conscience (2007). An award winner of many festivals, among others, in New York, Odessa, Lodz and Krakow.