30-05-2011

FNE at Gdynia Polish Film Festival Competition: The Courage

By Katarzyna Grynienko

    In The Courage, a tragic story of two brothers faced with a moral dilemma, director/writer Greg Zgliński explores the theme of courage and its consequences with brutal reality. The film will have its premiere in competition at the 36th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia (www.fpff.pl).

    {mosimage}Two brothers witness a girl being mugged on a train. While the younger brother comes to her aid, his older brother fails to react under pressure, and is forced to watch the hooligans throw his brother out of the speeding train.

    The film was shot on location in Łódź and the surrounding region in June and July 2010. The production company Opus Film told FNE that the budget of the picture was 4,465,000 PLN (EUR 1.1 million) with 3 million PLN in financing from the Polish Film Institute (www.pisf.pl), 300,000 from the Łódź Film Commission (www.lodzfilmcommission.pl) and 30,000 PLN from Euro Media Plus.

    {mosimage}Zgliński is a Polish film director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, film and sound editor. He has also been a film score composer for short films, and a former guitarist and bass player in several rock music formations. Born 1968 in Warsaw, he lived in Switzerland from 1978 to 1992. He studied at the directing departament at the Polish National Academy for Film Television and Theatre (PWSFTViT) in Lodz under Krzysztof Kieślowski, and he received the Prize of the Minister of Culture and National Heritage for his film Before Dusk (1997).

    Zglinski cowrote the script with Janusz Marganski. The lead role of the older brother is played by Robert Więckiewicz, winner of the Polish Film Award Polish Eagles (www.pnf.pl) for the Best Actor 2011 for his performance in Little Rose. The cast includes Łukasz Simlat as the younger brother and popular Polish actors Marian Dziędziel, Gabriela Muskała, Anna Tomaszewska and Karolina Kominek.

    The producer is planning to distribute the film in Poland and abroad.


    {mosimage}Credits:

    Director - Greg Zglinski
    Screenwriter - Janusz Margański, Greg Zglinski
    Cinematographer - Witold Płóciennik
    Music - Jacek Grudzień, Mariusz Ziemba
    Production Design - Elwira Pluta
    Sound - Michał Kosterkiewicz
    Film Editing: Leszek Starzyński
    Costume Design - Małgorzata Zacharska
    Production manager - Jacek Gawryszczak
    Production company - Opus Film
    Producer - Piotr Dzięcioł, Łukasz Dzięcioł

    {mosimage}Cast:

    Robert Więckiwicz
    Łukasz Simlat
    Gabriela Muskała
    Marian Dziędziel
    Karolina Kominek
    Anna Tomaszewska and others


    Production contact:

    OPUS FILM

    Lakowa 29, 90-554 Lodz, Poland
    tel. +48 42 634 55 00
    fax. +48 42 634 55 49
    email. This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
    www.opusfilm.com