Section: Polskie Horyzonty

CICHA NOC

SILENT NIGHT

Piotr Domalewski
Poland, 2017, 100 Min

How do you keep the family together? Should you stay or go? Adam surprisingly returns from overseas to his family in the Polish province over Christmas. He has big plans, wants to sell his grandfather's house for a good price. Only that he has to convince his siblings. On Christmas Eve, new and old conflicts suddenly re-emerge.

INTRAMOVIES

Adam sits in an uncomfortable long-distance bus to Poland and films his everyday life for his unborn daughter. Then he rents an expensive car and drives to the countryside. On the way, he deals with a customer in English, it seems to be big business. The surprise is perfect when the "prodigal son" suddenly shows up to his family on Christmas Eve. He wants to sell his grandfather's house in order to build up a life in the Netherlands with the money, however, this plan doesn’t meet with approval of everyone. Above all, his father, who once ruined his health in Germany as a guest worker, is shocked that his son wants to leave Poland for good. In this gripping as well as emotional family drama Piotr Domalewski succeeds in taking stock of the Polish province. In Poland, this feature film debut was regarded as best local film of the year and Dawid Ogrodnik as Adam proves once again that he is one of the best Polish actors. JT

Filmformat
DCP | Farbe / Colour
Drehbuch
Piotr Domalewski
Kamera
Piotr Sobociński jr
Ton
Jerzy Murawski
Schnitt
Lech Starzyński
Ausstattung
Radosław Zielonka
Musik
Wacław Zimpel
Darsteller
Dawid Ogrodnik, Tomasz Ziętek, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Paweł Nowisz,
Agnieszka Suchora, Maria Dębska, Tomasz Schuchardt, Magdalena Żak, Elżbieta Kępińska
Produzent
Jerzy Kapuściński, Ewa Jastrzębska, Jacek Bromski
Produktion
Munk Studio Polish Filmmakers Association
Co-Produktion
Canal+
Kontakt
INTRAMOVIES
Micaela Fusco
Via E. Manfredi 15
00197 Rome
Italy
+39 06 8077 252
mail@intramovies.com
www.intramovies.com
Piotr Domalewski

Piotr Domalewski - born in 1983 in Łomża, Poland. He is a director, scriptwriter and actor. He studied acting in Krakow and directing at the Silesian University Katowice. His short films have been invited to numerous film festivals and received several awards. SILENT NIGHT is his feature film debut. He is also represented in this year’s Short Film Competition with 60 KILOS OF NOTHING.

Movies
OBCY (2013, short)
JEDYNE WYJŚCIE (2014, short)
CHWILA (2015, short)
ZŁE UCZYNKI (2016, short)
60 KILO NICZEGO (2017, short, FFC 2018)