- Source: Mother Teresa of Cats
Mother Teresa of Cats (Polish: Matka Teresa od kotów) is a Polish drama film directed by Paweł Sala. The premiere was held on 6 July 2010 at the 45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in the Czech Republic and on 17 September 2010 in Poland.
Plot
A shocking record of a crime committed by two young boys (12 and 22 years old), committing the murder of their own mother. The film shows a period of 12 months before their arrest, especially the last few days and the time of the investigation until arrested by the Police. The author does not focus on the sensational theme, but tries to focus on the psychological layer, recreating the atmosphere of the family home, psychological portraits of the brothers and their mother – the future victim. In the background we see the environment in which this thoroughly ordinary, modest family lived. There was no indication that there would be a tragedy. There will be no cruelty or brutal literality in this film, yet the author does not resign from the artistic means of sensational and criminal cinema. The film's script is based on facts.
Cast
Ewa Skibińska as Teresa
Mariusz Bonaszewski as Hubert, husband of Teresa
Mateusz Kościukiewicz as Artur, son of Teresa
Filip Garbacz as Marcin, son of Teresa
Monika Pikuła as Ewa, Teresa's cousin
Ewa Szykulska as Krystyna, Teresa's friend
Janusz Chabior as Jacek
Małgorzata Łata as Jadzia, daughter of Teresa
Helena Norowicz as Aunt Róża
Janusz Łagodziński as Therapist
Łukasz Simlat as Broker
Beata Fido as Marcin's teacher
Piotr Dąbrowski as Colonel
Marek Serdiukow as Policeman, neighbor
Marta Dobecka as Wiktoria
Małgorzata Sadowska as a policewoman on duty
Grzegorz Mostowicz-Gerszt as district police officer
Antoni Gryzik as Zygmunt
Kamil Przystał
Sebastian Pawlak
Wojan Trocki
Robert Olech
Wojciech Żołądkowicz
Wojciech Czerwiński
Marta Linkowska
Małgorzata Studniarek
Justyna Straszyńska
Beata Urbańska
Mieczysław Chmielewski
Gennady Chamzyryn
Krzysztof Rybakowski
Gerard Łaski
Robert Dzwonkowski
Jarosław Szlęcy
Michał Wołkowicki
Artur Bekus
Jakub Mićka
Kamil Myszka
Grzegorz Banasik
Piotr Witkowski
Damian Wijas
Rafał Kłosowski
Wiktor Wandzel
Adam Nowak
Dariusz Bąk
Jakub Bossowski
Adam Szymański
Michał Sekunda
Robert Wandzel
Piotr Kruszewski
Festival and awards
= Wins (4)
=International Film Festival Karlovy Vary 2010
Individual Award – Best Actor: Filip Garbacz
Individual Award – Best Actor: Mateusz Kościukiewicz
Koszalin Film Debut Festival "Youth and Film" 2010
director: Paweł Sala
feature film
"Wisła" Polish Film Festival in Russia 2010
Elephant (org. Słoń) – distinction
= Nominations (12)
=Polish Golden Film Festival in Gdynia "Golden Lions"
Participation in the main competition: Paweł Sala
New Horizons International Film Festival in Wrocław
Competition: New Polish Films – Participation in the competition
IFF of the Young Viewer "Ale Kino!"
Golden Goats – International Jury – Participation in the competition of acting films
Film Acting Festival Tadeusz Szymków
Golden Puppy – The best leading female role: Ewa Skibińska
International Film Festival Karlovy Vary 2010
Crystal Globe – Participation in the main competition: Paweł Sala
Mastercard OFF CAMERA International Independent Cinema Festival
Polish Feature Film Competition – Participation in the competition: Paweł Sala
Golden Ducks 2010
Golden Duck – Best actress of the 2009/2010 season: Ewa Skibińska
Golden Duck – Best actor of the 2009/2010 season: Mateusz Kościukiewicz
Golden Duck – The best actor of the best films: Mateusz Kościukiewicz
Golden Duck – Best Actor of the Best Films: Filip Garbacz
Golden Duck – Best cinematographer of the 2009/2010 season: Mikołaj Łepkowski
Golden Duck – Best screenwriter for the 2009/2010 season: Paweł Sala
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Megumi Hayashibara
- Grey DeLisle
- Annie Girardot
- Mother Teresa of Cats
- Mateusz Kościukiewicz
- List of Polish films of the 2010s
- 45th Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
- Park Street, Kolkata
- Teresa Wright
- Best Actor Award (Karlovy Vary IFF)
- Vijay Prashad
- Teresa Gallagher
- Olivia Hussey