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THE BEST CHICKS ON THE TRAIN

POLISH TITLE: NAJLEPSZE KĄSKI NA WAGONACH

You can be anyone once for a while, but you are born to be a train conductor just the once. There were three and a half thousands of train conductors in the Communist Poland. They led lives of the kings. Then the communism fell. Only enthusiasts and outcasts remained. It is a story that portrays the common and extraordinary moments in the lives of the conductors. They used to be the alpha males on night sleeping cars. They got to have the best chicks…

GENRE:
documentary
RUNNING TIME:
19'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Jakub Pączek
SCRIPT:
Jakub Pączek
DOP:
Paweł Piotr Chorzępa, Jacek Kędzierski
EDITOR:
Jakub Pączek
MUSIC:
Marcin Gągola
PRODUCTION:
Wydział Radia i Telewizji Uniwersytetu Śląskiego w Katowicach (WRiTv UŚ)

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.
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