The coming-of-age story of Mikołaj Srebrny, a confrontation between an
intelligent, sensitive boy and an authoritarian school persecuting
independent thinking, the hypocrisy and cruelty of adults. And although
consecutive initiations – including that into eroticism – sometimes
prove difficult, the protagonist emerges from his life trials unscathed.
Wojciech Marczewski’s cinema debut, honoured with the Andrzej Munk Award. An adaptation of a formerly scandalous novel by Emil Zegadłowicz with a strong autobiographical overtone. The director’s first story about childhood and its initiations, with a crucial question recurring in his later films: how to save yourself and find your place in the world.
Wojciech Marczewski’s cinema debut, honoured with the Andrzej Munk Award. An adaptation of a formerly scandalous novel by Emil Zegadłowicz with a strong autobiographical overtone. The director’s first story about childhood and its initiations, with a crucial question recurring in his later films: how to save yourself and find your place in the world.