Big Animal | SPECIAL SCREENING

Date
Hour
Place
05/08
16:00
THE RUBY HALL


Duże zwierzę
reż|dir Jerzy Stuhr | PL | 2000 | 73 min
prod|pro Janusz Morgenstern, Sławomir Rogowski scen|wr Krzysztof Kieślowski zdj|ph Paweł Edelman muz|mus Abel Korzeniowski mon|ed Elżbieta Kurkowska ob|cast Anna Dymna, Jerzy Stuhr, Dominika Bednarczyk, Błażej Wójcik, Andrzej Franczyk dys|dis TVP

DESCRIPTION

Big Animal was meant to be the feature debut of excellent director Krzysztof Kieślowski. However, during the communist era in Poland, there was no permission for such a film. The script found after Kieślowski’s death was developed by Jerzy Stuhr, who directed and played the main role in “Big Animal”. The result is a poetic, metaphorical film that deals with the issue of tolerance, otherness and even love for one’s neighbour. The hero, a bank clerk, together with his wife, a kindergarten teacher, take care of an abandoned camel. They are raising the opposition of the whole town and alone they are facing increasingly bizarre accusations against the animal.

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AWARDS
2000 Karlovy Vary IFF – nominated for Crystal Globe
2000 Karlovy Vary IFF – special prize of the Jury
2000 Karlovy Vary IFF – Award of Ecumenical Jury
2001 Eagles PFA – nominated for Eagle for Best Film
2001 Eagles PFA – nominated for Eagle for Best Director
2001 Eagles PFA – nominated for Eagle for Best Actor
2001 Eagles PFA – nominated for Eagle for Best Actress
2001 Eagles PFA – nominated for Eagle for Best Screenplay
2001 Eagles PFA – nominated for Eagle for Best Cinematography
2000 Gdynia PFF – Award for Best Score

DIRECTOR
Jerzy Stuhr (1947) one of the most outstanding and popular Polish actors. In 1972 he graduated from the Krakow PWST and became affiliated with the Stary Theatre (until 1991). Jerzy Stuhr has won many prestigious awards for both stage and film roles. In the 1980s. he performed in Italy, where he received the Critics' Award for his work as a foreign actor. The artist is a lecturer at the Cracow PWST, in 1991-96 he was the rector of the Academy. In 1994 Stuhr made his debut as a director with the film “List of Lovers”, well received by critics and audiences. Stuhr's true directing fame was brought to him by the film “Love Stories” made three years later. The picture has become a hit of Polish cinemas and a winner of many awards at world festivals. “Big Animal” is based on a script by Krzysztof Kieślowski.

FILMOGRAPHY
2014 Obywatel
2007 Korowód|Twists of Fate
2003 Pogoda na jutro|Tomorrow's Weather
2000 Duże zwierzę|Big Animal
1999 Tydzień z życia mężczyzny|A Week in the Life of a Man
1997 Historie miłosne|Love Stories
1994 Spis cudzołożnic|List of Lovers

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