{mosimage}Igor, a boxer, suffers fatal brain damage during one of his fights. Left with a short time to live, he decided he wants to leave a child on this Earth. He fails to make several chance relationships to work, while his time runs out. Suddenly he meets Yen, a Vietnamese woman who needs to get married in order to get Polish citizenship. The couple makes a deal, but Igor finds out that he doesn't have enough time to marry the girl and see his child. He decides to find her a new groom and a father for his baby.
The script for My Flesh My Blood (Tamagotchi), written by Marcin Wrona and Grażyna Trela, was the winner of the Polish edition of the Hartley-Merril competition and took 3rd place in the international edition of the same contest in 2007. The win insured a quick production for the title, which was shot on location in April and May 2008.
Before the screening in Gdynia, My Flesh My Blood was recognized locally during the "Youth and Film" Debut Film Festival in Koszalin, winning prizes for the best script, best sound and the Journalist's Award.
The movie was produced by Opus Film (www.opusfilm.com) in co-operation with Public Polish Television - Film Agency (www.tvp.pl) and Canal+ Polska with a budget of the 3.8 million PLN (€920,000). The film received 1.9 million for production and 50,000 PLN for development financing from the Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl). The Polish premiere of the picture is planned for the fall of 2009.
Credits:
Director - Marcin Wrona
Screenwriter - Marcin Wrona, Grażyna Trela, Marek Pruchniewski
Cinematographer - Paweł Flis
Set designer - Anna Wunderlich
Costumes - Aleksandra Staszko
Music - Marcin Macuk
Producer - Piotr Dzięcioł, Łukasz Dzięcioł
Producion company - Opus Film
Co-production - Public Polish Television - Film Agency, Canal+ Polska
Cast:
Eryk Lubos
Luu De Ly
Wojciech Zieliński
Production contact:
Opus Film
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tel.: 42 634 55 00
fax: 42 634 55 49
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www: http://www.opusfilm.com
