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A Man Thing
13-year-old Bartek tries desperately to hide the fact that his father beats him. Lonely and with no support from his mother or his school, tyrannized by his soccer coach, the boy finds his only friend in an old dying stray dog.
Year: 2001
Genre: Drama
Studio: PWSFTviT
Director: Sławomir Fabicki
Cast: Bartosz Idczak, Mariusz Jakus, Marek Bielecki, Katarzyna Bargiełowska, Tomasz Rolinski, Andrzej Wichrowski
Crew: Sławomir Fabicki (Director), Sławomir Fabicki (Screenplay), Tomasz Stefaniak (Producer), Bogumił Godfrejów (Director of Photography)
Runtime: 26 minutes
Release: Aug 01, 2001
IMDb: 7.70/10 by 12 users
Popularity: 2
Country: Poland
Language: Polski
Budget: 0
Revenue: 0
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This is a short film about child abuse. The child actor is very engaging, extremely natural, very well led by the director. The cinematography gives everything a grimy, realistic, post-communist bleakness. Kudos to the director for keeping everything tight and lean. Whether the film could be more uplifting is a question of taste. Polish cinema isn't exactly known for it's light touch so don't expect a happy ending. The only real problem with the story is that it's not very original. In fact, it looks like a compressed version of "Kes" with dogs substituted for birds. I guess if you haven't seen that Ken Loach film it won't matter but this fact stuck out for me. -miszel, IMDB