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WHAT THE DOCTORS SAY
Poland 2009, fiction, 25’
director/script: Michał Wnuk
DoP: Michał Popiel-Machnicki
film editing: Marek Mirkiewicz, Michał Wnuk, Michał Popiel-Machnicki
music: the song “Jane Fonda” by Muchy has been used in this film
sound: Piotr Bielawski
cast: Agnieszka Glińska, Dominika Ostałowska, Tomasz Borkowski, Karolina Stefańska, Wojciech Saucha
production: Munk Studio – Polish Filmmakers Association, TVP S.A., Tandem Taren-To
film co-financed by: Polish Film Institute
Who is the young doctor from the transplant ward? Is she the ‘benevolent spirit of transplantations’ or a cold professional doing her job without any sign of emotion?
We follow her daily routine as she diagnoses cause of death and saves the lives of other patients through organ transplants. In the course of her work, split-second
decisions must be made and there is all too often little time for subtle divagations. However, one day the doctor has to face the ordeal of meeting the mother of a tragically deceased girl.
With almost para-documentary insight, the director looks at the hospital reality, where next to hard scientific facts there is the less complicated space of interpersonal tensions and
emotions that are hard to express in words. Without superfluous speech, operating through the power of images and the actors’ expressiveness, Wnuk tells a story of people
who are responsible for other people’s lives, but who also feel morally obliged to care of those who lost their nearest.
Michał Wnuk got his degree in Film Directing from the University of Silesia. After his studies, he worked as an assistant director in feature film productions.
He is a holder of scholarships from the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Berlin-based Nipkow Programme. What the Doctors Say is his film debut.
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