Mug

Recently Jacek has found himself a girlfriend. Together with Dagmara they plan their future, they got engaged. But the life the Jacek has planned in advance is disturbed by an accident – during the construction works of the largest statue of Christ, the King of Poland the protagonist falls from a great height and loses his face. After a cutting-edge surgery he comes back to his hometown but other people don’t know how to react. He becomes a stranger to them. A modern fairy tale about a person with a stigma and a story about trying to return to normality. The filmmakers raise questions about tolerance, the limits of freedom and the meaning of roots and a one’s ties with their home.

written by Małgorzata Szumowska, Michał Englert
director of photography Michał Englert PSC
music Adam Walicki
production design Marek Zawierucha
costume design Katarzyna Lewińska, Julia Jarża-Brataniec
make-up Waldemar Pokromski
sound Marcin Jachyra, Kacper Habisiak, Marcin Kasiński
edited by Jacek Drosio
casting by Izabella Szpilka
cast Mateusz Kościukiewicz, Agnieszka Podsiadlik, Małgorzata Gorol
production Nowhere Sp. z o.o.
producer Jacek Drosio
co-produced by Narodowy Instytut Audiowizualny, TVN, Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe, Kino Świat, DI Factory, Platige Films, Piramida Film Bożena Bors, Dreamsond, Leśnodorski Ślusarek i Wspólnicy
executive producer Inga Kruk
production manager Dagmara Bagnecka
co-financed by Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
distributed by Kino Świat