Special programme „Crossing Europe“

Facing Up

1 hr. 30 min. | Drama, Romance | N/A

Twenty-year-old Stan consists of a street gang. During the day he works as a car mechanic, and at night he spends time with his siblings, thus trying to escape from his drunken mother and little sister Ilonka. He is involved in various gang crimes - robbing, stealing, even watching a raped young woman. Running from another crime, he injures his leg. He soon realizes that the nurse caring for him in the hospital is the victim of their gang. Stan wants to atone for his guilt and takes an interest in the young girl. She seems to want his attention, but her life is quite complicated even without him ... and the gang does not want to relieve Stan of his "duties" at all ...

Marek Stacharski

Marek Stacharski

Marek Stacharski was born in 1960. He studied photography and television directing in Łódź and the National Film and Television Academy in Beaconsfield, UK. From 1987 to 2001, he worked as a reporter on Polish television, producing over 50 reports and documentaries. The low-budget film “Forgive Me” is the director’s feature film debut. The authors of the film associate their artistic pursuits with the principles of the famous Dogma.
Languages
Polish
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Original title
Przebacz
Produced
2006: Poland

Film information

Director
Marek Stacharski
Screenplay
Marek Stacharski
Cinematography
Per Tingleff
Cast
Bartosz Turzyński, Aleksandra Nieśpielak, Janusz Chabior, Eryk Lubos
More information
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