Charon
Charon · dir. Paweł Hejbudzki
Poland 2015, 39’
26 October, 20:00 · Artus Cinema
Free entry
The main protagonist is a retarded young boy, who works in the hospital's boiler-room. One day, he meets a young girl, who is waiting to have an abortion. They become friends, which can save both the girl and her unborn child.
| Director: | Paweł Hejbudzki |
| Screenplay: | Paweł Hejbudzki |
| Music: | Marcin Przybyłowicz |
| Cinematography: | Wojciech Węgrzyn |
| Editing: | Paweł Hejbudzki, Maciej Ślesicki |
| Cast: | Adam Bobik, Ewa Ziętek, Edyta Bełza, Mariusz Jakus, Bartłomiej Morawski |
| Producer: | Maciej Ślesicki |
| Production: | Warszawska Szkoła Filmowa |
| Awards: | FF w Gdyni / Gdynia FF – Nagroda im. Lucjana Bokińca za Najlepszy Film w Konkursie Młodego Kina / The Lucjan Bokiniec Award for the Best Film in the Young Cinema competition (2015) |
Paweł Hejbudzki was born in 1980, in Toruń. He is a film director, screenwriter, editor, and film producer. He studied at the Faculty of Directing of the Warsaw Film School. He became famous thanks to the award-winning documentary A State of Mind (2006).
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