THE PASSION OF MARIAN

POLISH TITLE: MĘCZEŃSTWO MARIANA

REPRESENTED BY KFF

It is a story of a young, unemployed catechist who leaves a big city for a province to take a job at a school. This escape is to change his unsuccessful life. Unfortunately, he is accused of child abuse there, and while trying to defend himself, he faces a choice he has not expected. The reality becomes grotesque and malicious. Only one thing can save him from oppression… 

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

GENRE:
fiction
COUNTRY:
Polska
RUNNING TIME:
40'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Adrian Panek
SCRIPT:
Adrian Panek
DOP:
Kamil Płocki
EDITOR:
Marcin Bukojemski
CAST:
Mateusz Grydlik, Tadeusz Szymkow, Michał Grudziński, Monika Dawidziuk, Ewelina Paszke, Edward Kalisz, Oskar Szmolda
MUSIC:
Maciej Bączyk
PRODUCTION:
Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich - Studio Munka , Ministerstwo Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego / PISF

Adrian Panek »

Born in 1975; scriptwriter and director; a graduate of University of Silesia Krzysztof Kieślowski Radio and Television Department in Katowice and a film course at Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing; lives in Warsaw. The author of a short film 'Męczeństwo Mariana' [Marian’s Martyrdom] made within the first edition of the programme '30 minutes'.