BASATO SU UNA STORIA VERA
È la storia sorprendente di Mateusz, affetto da una grave paralisi cerebrale, diagnosticata come ritardo mentale, quindi ostacolo insormontabile alla comunicazione del bambino con il resto del mondo. Dopo venticinque anni si scoprirà che Mateusz è perfettamente in grado d’intendere e di volere.
Malgrado le mille difficoltà incontrate nel tentativo di comunicare con l’esterno, Mateusz sperimenta direttamente il potere enorme della forza di volontà e della tenacia.
Una storia forte e struggente ma anche piena di ottimismo, che commuove e fa sorridere.
La splendida interpretazione di Dawid Ogrodnik (noto già per “I’m God” e soprattutto per la sua interpretazione come co-prpotagnista in “Ida”, Oscar come Miglior Film Straniero 2015) che incontra il netto favore di pubblico e critica, definendo con ciò una delle performance più riuscite ed acclamate del cinema polacco degli ultimi anni, fa tornare in mente Daniel Day Lewis (“My left foot”), Mathieu Almaric (“The diving bell and the butterfly”), François Cluzet (“Untouchbles”).
Kamil Tkacz, al suo debutto, interpreta con notevole convinzione il Mateusz bambino.
FESTIVAL E PREMI
The Polish Film Awards 2014: Best Actor: Dawid Ogrodnik
Best Screenplay: Maciej Pieprzyca
Best Supporting Actor: Arkadiusz Jakubik
Best Supporting Actress: Anna Nehrebecka
Audience Award
World premiere
36th Festival des films du monde de MONTREAL – Canada – 22 Aug. / 03 Sept. 2013
Grand prix des Americas Audience Award Ecumenical Prize
38° GDYNIA Film Festival – Poland – 9/14 september 2013
Silver Lion Audience Award Crystal Star (awarded by ELLE) to the actor Dawid Ogrodnik Apart Special award / Albert Riele to the actor Dawid Ogrodnik Golden Claqueur of Radio Gdansk
49th CHICAGO Int. film festival – USA – 10/24 Nov. 2013 Silver Hugo in the New Directors Competition Audience Choice Award for the Best Narrative English-Language Feature
37th São Paulo International Film Festival – Brazil – 18/31 Oct. 2013
11th TOFI FEST – Toru? – Poland 21/27 Oct. 2013
Audience Award
West Wind Moscow – Russia – 23/27 Oc.t 2013
44th International Film Festival of India – Goa – 20/30 Nov. 2013
11th Chennai International Film Festival – India – 12/19 Nov. 2013
Jameson Dublin International Film festival – Ireland – 13/23 Feb. 2014
Polish Cinema Festival – Brooklyn – USA – 19/23 Feb. 2014
38th Cleveland International Film festival – USA – 19/30 Feb. 2014
Winner of the George Gund III Memorial Central and Eastern European Competition award (juried competition)
19th Vilnius International Film Festival – Estonia – 20 Mar. / 03 Apr. 2014
21st FebioFest – Czech Republic – 20/28 Mar. 2014
Saratoga Film Forum New York – USA – 03/07 Apr. 2014
Panorama Europe at Museum of the Moving Image New York – USA – 06 Apr. 2014
Cyprus Film Days – 04/13 Apr. 2014
14th GOEAST – Festival of central and eastern European Film Festival – Germany – 09/15 Apr. 2014
Film Polska Berlin – Germany – 23/30 Apr. 2014
10th Polish Film Festival New York – USA – 08/11 May 2014 The Elzbieta Czyszewska Award, in the Best Acting Category, to Dawid Ogrodnik for his incredible performance of a man invicted with Cerebral Palsy Awarded the Krzysztof Kieslowski Prize as the Best Film
European Film Festival Trinidad and Tobago – 14/27 May 2014
11th Seoul International Agape Film festival – South Korea – 22/30 May 2014
40th Seattle International Film Festival – USA – 15May / 08 June 2014
2014 Golden Space Needle Award: Best Actor (Dawid Ogrodnik)
54th Zlin Film Festival – International Film Festival for Children and Youth – Czech Republic – 30 May / 05 June 2014
Polish Film festival 2014 in Melbourne (31st May / 08 June) + Canberra (12/15 June) + Sydney (21/29 June) – Australia
The Golden Linden IFF of new European cinema – Stara Zagora – Bulgaria – June 2014
2nd Scarborough Film Festival Toronto – Canada – 03/08 June 2014
Cinetopia International Film Festival (Detroit + Ann Arbor) – USA – 04/08 June 2014
12th Brussels Film festival – Belgium – 06/14 June 2014
UnConvention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities - 10/12 June 2014
16th Taipei International Film Festival – Taiwan – 27 June / 19 July 2014
5th VOICES Film Festival Vologda – Russia – 04/08 July 2014
Audience Prize Award
Fiuggi Family Festival – Italy – 19/26 July 2014
Isola del cinema – Festival Isola Mondo Rome – Italy – 25 July 2014
Leipzig Mkuntmess Film Festival – Germany – 15/19 Sept. 2014
Milwaukee Film Festival – USA – 25 Sept. / 09 Oct. 2014
Play Poland Film Festival – UK – 01 Oct. / 30 Nov. 2014
Cineast: Festival du film d’Europe Centrale et Orientale – Luxembourg – 09/26 Oct. 2014
Orcas island Film Festival – USA – 10/13 Oct. 2014
19th Schlingel Film Festival – Germany – 13/19 Oct. 2014
Polish Film Festival Seattle – USA – 17/18 Oct. 2014
MIFFECITO (special event Miami International Film Festival) – USA – 17/18 Oct. 2014
17th Rehoboth Beach Independent Film Festival – USA – 05/09 Nov. 2014
52nd Gijon International Film Festival – Spain – 21/29 Nov. 2014