Johnny

Based on true events, a story told from the point of view of Jan Kaczkowski’s charge, Patryk Galewski – a boy who did not have an easy start into his life.

Patryk breaks into a little house in a small town. The court sentences him to community service at a hospice in Puck where he gets to meet an extraordinary priest, Jan Kaczkowski. The clergyman gets seemingly tough rebellious young vocational school teenagers involved in caring for the terminally ill. In his work he focuses on closeness, sensitivity and fighting for human relations. He teaches empathy with tons of humour, which wins him a lot of popularity. Soon after, Jan becomes a patient of his own hospice. Patryk finds himself in a difficult situation.

The film is the director’s full-length feature debut.

directed by: Daniel Jaroszek

written by: Maciej Kraszewski

director of photography: Michał Dąbal

music: Michał Kush

production design: Karolina Rączka

costume design: Zofia Komasa

make-up: Liliana Gałązka

sound: Sebastian Brański, Wojciech Mielimąka, Marcin Kasiński

edited by: Maciej Kozłowski

casting by: Konrad Bugaj

cast: Dawid Ogrodnik, Piotr Trojan, Marta Stalmierska, Maria Pakulnis, Witold Dębicki, Joachim Lamża

production: Next Film

producer: Robert Kijak

co-produced by: TVN, Grupa Moderator Studio Filmowe, Pressprom Sebastian Kwiatkowski, Salander, Dawid Podsiadło, Maciej Woć Muzk Management, Warmia Resort, Open Media, Visual Work Rebel Media, Abstraction Plan, Aneta Graff-Dąbrowska, Esmetric, Cineline, Dreamsound, Kraszewski Film, Dobra Robota

executive producers: Marcin Perzyna, Agnieszka Porzezińska

production manger: Michał Lipski

co-financed by: Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej

distributed by: Next Film