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The Mother

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Year of participation	2013
Program	Apricot Stone

Producer(s)	Leszek Kopeć, Jurek Rados
Director(s)	Łukasz Ostalski
Script	Łukasz Ostalski
Director of Photography	Sławomir Witek
Production designer	Joanna Pultyn
Sound	Marta Olko
Edit	Łukasz Ostalski
Cast	Danuta Stenka, Magdalena Czerwińska , Rafał Fudalej, Paulina Szotak , Teresa Wierzbowska
Production company(-ies)	Gdyńska Szkoła Filmowa Wrocławska 93 81-553 Gdynia

Synopsis

Małgorzata - an important politician - is going to her home at the lake. Her son - a drug addict - needs her help while Małgorzata asks her daughter for her support. At home they find Małgorzata’s semiconscious son and a massacred body of a young girl. In the face of the tragedy, their relationship gets complicated, disclosing their hidden grudges. The mother has to make the most difficult decision in her life.

Awards
Audience Award, Tampere FF, Finland, 2013; Grand Prix Wegiel Student FF, Poland, 2013

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