Directed by:
Jan P. MatuszyńskiScreenplay:
Kaja Krawczyk-WnukCinematography:
Kacper FertaczComposer:
Ibrahim MaaloufCast:
Tomasz Ziętek, Sandra Korzeniak, Jacek Braciak, Agnieszka Grochowska, Robert Więckiewicz, Tomasz Kot, Aleksandra Konieczna, Adam Bobik, Łukasz Gawroński (more)VOD (1)
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Poland, 1983. The country is shaken by the case of Grzegorz Przemyk—a high school student beaten to death by militia. Based on true events, the film follows the story of Jurek—the only witness of the beating, who overnight became the number one enemy of the state. The oppressive regime used its whole apparatus—the secret service, the militia, the media and the courts—to squeeze Jurek and other people close to the case, including his parents and Przemyk’s mother, Barbara. (Venice International Film Festival)
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Out of the plethora of Polish films about the crimes and injustices of communism, this still stands out thanks to its atypical work with scene sequencing and its believably grayed-out normalization atmosphere, but Matuszyński's debut was a film I immediately bumped into my top 10 upon finishing, a bar that his other film doesn't so much as share a zip code with. The Last Family was fantastic thanks in part to its utterly unique and radical angle on a life story full of ambiguous and complex characters. Leave No Trace is typical binary filmmaking with simple emotions, pitting nice people and ugly people against each other.
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