Be Somebody

SHORT FICTION · POLAND · 2023 · 27 MINCostume Design — Olga Przylipiak

An electrician and his family move into an apartment once occupied by Lech Wałęsa. When his wife turns their new home into a museum and casts him as the former president, everyday life becomes an uneasy performance of someone else’s legend.

The film received the Golden Hobby-Horse for Best Polish Fiction Film at the Krakow Film Festival, the Peer Award at Leuven International Short Film Festival, second prize in the fiction category of the CILECT Prize, and the Audience Award at BRNO16.

Full film profile on FilmPolski.pl ↗

Written & Directed by: Michał Toczek
Cinematography: Tomasz Pawlik
Costume Design: Olga Przylipiak
Second Costume Designer: Zosia Jocek
Production Design: Katarzyna Tomczyk
Starring: Sebastian Stankiewicz, Jowita Budnik
Produced by: The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź
Co-financed by: Polish Film Institute

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Photography: Julia Rzepnikowska, Estella Dandyk.