Life Feels Good
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| Chce się żyć | |
| Directed by | Maciej Pieprzyca |
| Produced by | Wiesław Łysakowski |
| Written by | Maciej Pieprzyca |
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| Music by | Bartosz Chajdecki |
| Cinematography | Pawel Dyllus |
| Edited by | Krzysztof Szpetmański |
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| Distributed by | Kino Świat |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish |
Life Feels Good (Polish: Chce się żyć) is a 2013 Polish drama film directed by Maciej Pieprzyca.
It won the jury, audience and ecumenical prizes at the Montreal World Film Festival.[1]
Plot
It tells the story of Mateusz Rosiński who has cerebral palsy in Poland and his life from the 1980s to 2000s. It is inspired by true events.
Cast
- Dawid Ogrodnik (Mateusz)
- Kamil Tkacz (young Mateusz)
- Dorota Kolak (Mateusz's mother)
- Arkadiusz Jakubik (Mateusz's father)
- Helena Sujecka (Matylda)
- Mikołaj Roznerski (Tomek)
- Tymoteusz Marciniak (young Tomek)
- Anna Nehrebecka (Jola, teacher)
- Katarzyna Zawadzka (Magda)
- Anna Karczmarczyk (Anka)
- Agnieszka Kotlarska (Anka's mother)
- Janusz Chabior ("Łysy")
- Gabriela Muskała (doctor)
- Lech Dyblik (healer)
- Dariusz Chojnacki (Matylda's fiancé)
- Izabela Dąbrowska (neighbor)
- Witold Wieliński (neighbor)
- Mirosław Neinert (uncle)
- Grażyna Bułka (aunt)
- Klaudia Kąca-Jasik (cousin)
- Małgorzata Moskalewicz (Tomek's girlfriend)
- Bernadetta Komiago (customer)
- Marek Kalita (Magda's father)
- Teresa Iwko (Magda's stepmother)
- Grzegorz Mielczarek (counselor Krzysztof)
- Ewa Serwa (head of medical center)
- Anita Poddębniak (caretaker)
- Monika Chomicka (chambermaid)
- Milena Lisiecka (chambermaid)
- Mirosław Kotowicz (male nurse)
- Eliza Borowska (doctor)
- Krzysztof Ogłoza (priest)
- Jadwiga Wianecka (counselor)
- Jerzy Matałowski (inspector)
- Piotr Żurawski (Marek)
- Piotr Trojan (Leszek)
- Piotr Leśniak (Piotrek)
- Adela Oczkoś (Adela)
- Iwona Sitkowska (girl)
- Julia Balsewicz (journalist)
- Anna Terpiłowska (intern Ania)
- Dagmara intern)
- Marcela Stańko (intern)
- Beata Wnuk (masseur)
- Jarosław Stypa (male nurse)
- Marta Półtorak (caretaker)
- Ada Kołodziejczyk (Matylda's daughter)
- Igor Wilewski-Sobczuk (Matylda's son)
Awards
| Award | Category | Recipient | Result | |
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| Polish Film Awards 2014[2][3] | Eagle | Best Film | Nominated | |
| Best Director | Maciej Pieprzyca | Nominated | ||
| Best Screenplay | Maciej Pieprzyca | Won | ||
| Best Editing | Krzysztof Szpetmański | Nominated | ||
| Best Leading Actor | Dawid Ogrodnik | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Anna Nehrebecka | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Arkadiusz Jakubik | Won | ||
| Audience Award | Won | |||
| Montreal World Film Festival 2013[4] | Grand Prix des Americas | Won | ||
| Public Award | Most Popular Film of the Festival | Won | ||
| Ecumenical Prize | Won | |||
| Gdynia Film Festival 2013[2] | Silver Lion | Won | ||
| Audience Award | Won | |||
| Chicago International Film Festival 2013[5][6] | Silver Hugo | New Directors Competition | Won | |
| Audience Choice Award | Best Narrative Foreign-Language Feature | Won | ||
| International Film Festival TOFIFEST 2013[7] | Golden Angel | From Poland competition Audience Award | Won | |
| Polish Film Festival in America 2013[8] | Golden Teeth | Most Interesting Feature Film | Won | |
| Cleveland International Film Festival 2014[9] | Roxanne T. Mueller Audience Choice Award | Best Film | Runner Up | |
| George Gund III Memorial Award | Central and Eastern European Film Competition | Won | ||
| Polish Society of Cinematographers 2014[10] | PSC Award | Pawel Dyllus | Nominated | |
| Off Plus Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema 2014[11] | Polish Feature Film Competition | Best Actress | Dorota Kolak | Won |
| New York Polish Film Festival 2014[12] | Krzysztof Kieslowski Prize | Best Film | Won | |
| Elzbieta Czyszewska Award | Best Acting | Dawid Ogrodnik | Won | |
| Seattle International Film Festival 2014[13] | Golden Space Needle | Best Film | First Runner-up | |
| Best Director | Maciej Pieprzyca | First Runner-up | ||
| Best Actor | Dawid Ogrodnik | Won | ||
| Golden Linden International Film Festival of New European Cinema 2014[14] | Golden Linden | Best Actor | Dawid Ogrodnik | Won |
| VOICES Film Festival 2014[15] | Audience Prize | Won | ||
References
- ↑ Scheib, Ronnie (September 2, 2013). "Montreal Film Review: ‘Life Feels Good’". Variety. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- 1 2 "Life Feels Good". www.intramovies.com. Intramovies. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
- ↑ Kalecińska, Olga. "The Eagles 2014". www.offpluscamera.com/en/. Off Plus Camera. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Awards of the Montreal World Film Festival - 2013". www.ffm-montreal.org. World Film Festival. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
- ↑ "49th Chicago Film Festival Announces Award Winners". old.chicagofilmfestival.com. Cinema/Chicago Inc. October 18, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
- ↑ "The Audience Choice Awards, Presented by American Airlines, Announced by the 49th Chicago International Film Festival". old.chicagofilmfestival.com. Cinema/Chicago Inc. October 28, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
- ↑ "The Golden Angel of Tofifest goes to 'The Girl from the Wardrobe'". www.tofifest.pl/en/. TOFIFEST. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Awards". www.pffamerica.org. Polish Film Festival in America. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Winners - Cleveland International Film Festival". www.clevelandfilm.org. CIFF. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ↑ "PSC Award 2014". en.psc.pl. Polish Society of Cinematographers. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
- ↑ "Laureates of the 7th edition of the OFF PLUS CAMERA Festival". www.offpluscamera.com/en/. Off Plus Camera. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Awards & Recognition - The 10th Anniversary NYPFF". www.nypff.com. NYPFF. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ↑ Eggers, Rachel (June 8, 2014). "SIFF Announces 2014 Golden Space Needle & Competition Awards". www.siff.net. SIFF. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
- ↑ "Best Actor Award – DAWID OGRODNIK". thegoldenlinden.com/?lang=en. The Golden Linden Festival. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
- ↑ "The Winners of the 5th VOICES Film Festival". www.voices-festival.org. VOICES. July 9, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
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