Polish Film for Foreigners: The Mighty Angel / Pod Mocnym Aniołem

Opis filmu

Erasmus Cinema turns its name into POLISH FILMS FOR FOREIGNERS. A lot of you ask: "Can I come, if I'm not at Erasmus?". Well, yes, in fact, you all can come - screenings are open for everyone. That's why we decided to change name so you don't be confused. :) Next screening in our programme, THE MIGHTY ANGEL ( Pod Mocnym Aniołem ) by Wojciech Smarzowski, Winner of Silver Lions on Gdynia Film Festival 2014, will tak place on Tuesday, 12th of May, 8.30 P.M. The movie will be screened in Polish with English subtitles. ‘Pod Mocnym Aniołem – the Mighty Angel’ is the latest film by Wojciech Smarzowski, currently Poland’s most popular director, who portrays ‘the Polish reality’ with grim, gritty, social-realism. The m ovie depicts alcoholism in a Polish setting, and its ‘hero’ ‘Jerzy, (Robert Więckiewicz) is a literary alcoholic. ABOUT A FILM: A vicious circle of detox wards, rehabilitation and resumption of everyday life jeopardised by imminent relapse. In his film Angel, a tale of destructive habit, of the attempts to escape from it, and of love, which saves the day, director Wojciech Smarzowski brings Jerzy Pilch’s NIKE award-winning book The Mighty Angel to the big screen. In the opening lines of Jerzy Pilch’s novel The Mighty Angel, Juruś says, "Before (…) the stormy events that I wish to talk about took place (...) I was drinking peach schnapps. That’s right, I was drinking peach schnapps, I was enveloped in an animal-like yearning for the last love before death and I was up to my ears in a licentious existence." [editor’s translation]. Juruś, the novel's protagonist, is a writer and chronic alcoholic living a never-ending cycle of detox, rehab, happy departures from institutions and returns to his empty apartment, abandoned by both his wives. Eventually he ends up in his local bar, The Mighty Angel. Smarzowski, director of the award-winning, history-tainted love story Rose, first turned Pilch's ironic, philosophical novel into a screenplay. Filming began in October 2012 around Kraków, and Angel is scheduled to premiere in 2014. The cast includes Robert Więckiewicza, Andrzej Grabowski, Marian Dziędziela, Kinga Preis, Marcin Dorociński and Eryk Lubos.