RELEASE DATE
April 8, 2014
PRODUCT DETAILS
- FORMAT: DVD
- SKU: CO5
- UPC: 854555004576
- 2013 Tribeca Film Festival
- 2013 Karlovy Vary Film Festival
- 2013 New Horizons Film Festival
- 2013 Two Riversides Film and Art Festival
- 2013 Gdynia Polish Film Festival
- 2013 Jameson Cinefest International Film Festival
- 2013 Hamburg Film Festival
- 2013 Zurich Film Festival
- 2013 MIX Copenhagen
- 2013 Filmfestival Gent
- 2013 London Film Festival
- 2013 Chicago International Film Festival
- 2013 Polish Film Festival of Los Angesles
- 2013 Polish Film Festival of America (Chicago)
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GALLERY
SYNOPSIS
In his fifteenth year of training, aspiring champion swimmer Kuba lives a normal, uneventful life – at home with his mother and girlfriend. He happily switches back and forth from good sex with Sylwia to the occasional back rub his mother craves. Kuba, however, has been growing more curious about some of the boys at the gym. At a gallery opening one night, he is out of place and totally bored until he meets Michal. Sylwia picks up on his fascination right away, but cares enough about Kuba to keep her feelings to herself… until, from one day to the next, Kuba starts giving far more attention to Michal. Kuba drops out of his training program and begins to dream of another life. His mother is incredulous and urges him to stay on track. Meanwhile, Michal takes on the task of convincing his concerned mother and distant father that his lifestyle is not just a passing fancy. Kuba comes to recognize he has never experienced feelings as deep as those he has for Michal. It takes all the courage he can muster to face those who love him and dive in with the man he loves. Then, all parties involved he must deal with the consequences.
CREDITS
Director: Tomasz Wasilewski
Running time: 93 minutes
Country: Poland
Language: Polish with English Subtitles
Screenwriter: Tomasz Wasilewski
Cast: Mateusz Banasiuk, Bartosz Gelner, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Kataryzyna Herman
Producers: Izabela Igel, Roman Jarosz, Natalia Siwicka
Cinematographer: Jakub Kijowski
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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Tomasz Wasilewski was born in 1980 in Torun, Poland. He graduated from The National Film School in Lodz and was assistant director on numerous stage plays and films. He also worked on international co-‐productions such as Lars von Trier’s Antichrist and Per Fly’s The Woman Who Dreamed of a Man. He is currently the scriptwriter for a series on Polish National Television. His full-length feature debut In a Bedroom had its world premiere in Karlovy Vary in 2012, and has been one the most prominent Polish films on the international festival circuit.