“Face” ( Polish Twarz ) is the Polish drama of 2018 directed by Malgožata Šumowska . In the main role - Mateusz Koszyukevich . The film was nominated for the Golden Bear Prize at the 68th Berlin International Film Festival [1] [2] and received the Silver Bear (Grand Prix of the jury) [3] .
| Face | |
|---|---|
| polish Twarz | |
 | |
| Genre | drama satire |
| Producer | Malgozhata Shumovska |
| Producer | Michal Englert Malgozhata Shumovska Jacek Drosio |
| Author script | Michal Englert Malgozhata Shumovska |
| In the main cast | Mateusz Kosciuciewicz Malgozhata Gorol Anna Tomashevska Agnieszka Podsyadlik |
| Operator | Michal Englert |
| Composer | Adam Walitzky |
| Film company | Platige films |
| Duration | 91 minutes |
| Fees | 1 452 200 rub. (in Russia ) |
| A country |  Poland |
| Tongue | Polish |
| Year | 2018 |
| IMDb | ID 6415416 |
In Western European countries, the film was called “Mug”, which literally translates from English as “erysipelas” [4] . With this word, the main character is called children on the street because of his appearance [5] .
Shumovska herself described her creation in this way: “The“ face ”is a metaphor for what is currently happening in Poland: fear of a stranger” [6] .
Content
Story
The protagonist, a young guy from a village named Jacek, is working on the construction of the largest statue of Jesus Christ in the world, located in Swiebodzin . After an accident, when Jacek fell inside the statue, he undergoes a full face transplant operation, the first of its kind in Europe. Jacek has to face many difficulties and misunderstandings of those around him: the bride leaves him and close people turn away, including his mother.
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Mateusz Kosciuciewicz | Jacek |
| Malgozhata Gorol | Dagmara bride of Jacek |
| Anna Tomashevska | Jacek's mom |
| Agnieszka Podsyadlik | Jacek's sister |
| Dariusz Hoynacki | Jacek's brother |
| Roman Ganzarchik | a priest |
| Yvona Belska | mother of Dagmara |
Reviews
“Something in the picture is catchy. Perhaps this is some kind of elusive nerve characteristic of Lars von Trier’s tapes, with which Shumovska worked at one time, or maybe it’s all about the natural tendency to look at something repulsive, especially knowing that it can’t harm you. ”
Egor Sennikov from Session magazine gave a positive assessment and wrote that “the Shumovskaya film crosses national borders: this could easily happen in the Russian, Danish or American outback” [8] .
Ksenia Ilyina from the newspaper " Interlocutor " noted that the director "finds the right balance, speaking about the problems of modern Poland so that they can be heard: bringing them to the point of absurdity" [9] .
Peter Bradshaw, a British magazine reviewer for The Guardian , wrote that “The Face” “combines sound realism and fantasy comedy,” and also called it “a humble and unusually touching drama.” [10]
Deborah Young from the American magazine “ The Hollywood Reporter ” also spoke positively about the film and defined its genre as an art-house tragicomedy [11] .
Jessica Kiang from Variety magazine dubbed the film “A Fable of Facial Deformation, which Reveals the Pettiness and Hypocrisy of Provincial Poland” [12] .
Notes
- ↑ Gus Van Sant's 'Don't Worry' Among First Berlinale Competition Titles to Be Unveiled . Variety (December 18, 2017). Date of treatment December 22, 2017.
- ↑ Press Releases: Competition 68th Berlinale (Link unavailable) . Berlinale (December 18, 2017). Date of treatment December 22, 2017. Archived December 22, 2017.
- ↑ Berlin Festival Awards: 'Touch Me Not' Wins Golden Bear for Best Film , Variety . Date of appeal February 24, 2018.
- ↑ Mug . Cineuropa (December 22, 2017). Date of treatment December 22, 2017.
- ↑ What kind of face: Grandfather-won face transplant drama . KinoPoisk (February 24, 2018). Date of treatment May 19, 2018.
- ↑ 68. Berlinale: Film "Twarz" w rezyserii Malgorzaty Szumowskiej nagrodzony Srebrnym Niedzwiedziem 24 lutego 2018
- ↑ Evgeny Ukhov. Face: I look at you like in a mirror . Empire (04/29/2018). Date of treatment May 19, 2018.
- ↑ “Face”: Jesus no longer lives here . Session (April 17, 2018). Date of treatment May 19, 2018.
- ↑ I do not recognize you: at the “Face” box office of Malgozhata Shumovskaya . Interlocutor (April 26, 2018). Date of treatment May 19, 2018.
- ↑ Mug review - metalhead meets giant Jesus in peculiar Polish comedy . The Guardian (February 23, 2018). Date of treatment May 19, 2018.
- ↑ 'Mug' ('Twarz'): Film Review , The Hollywood Reporter (February 23, 2018). Date of treatment June 1, 2018.
- ↑ Berlin Film Review: 'Mug' , Variety (February 23, 2018). Date of treatment June 1, 2018.
Links
- Face on the Internet Movie Database