After fun-loving metalhead Jacek is disfigured in an accident at work, he becomes the first person in Poland to receive a face transplant. This leads to his status as a media spectacle and martyr, all while battling ensuing identity issues as a consequence.
Acting
Kościukiewicz's physical transformation is genuinely haunting.
Direction
Szumowska's deadpan cruelty hits like a gut punch.
Cinematography
Gray Poland has never looked more oppressively beautiful.
Director
Małgorzata Szumowska
Mateusz Kościukiewicz
Jacek
Agnieszka Podsiadlik
Jacek's Sister
Małgorzata Gorol
Dagmara
Anna Tomaszewska
Jacek's Mother
Dariusz Chojnacki
Jacek's Brother
Robert Talarczyk
Jacek's Brother-in-law
Roman Gancarczyk
Priest
Iwona Bielska
Dagmara's Mother
Martyna Krzysztofik
Jacek's Sister-in-law
Krzysztof Czeczot
Businessman
Krzysztof Ibisz
Journalist
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kościukiewicz spent hours daily in prosthetic makeup; the transplant aftermath required minimal digital enhancement.
Szumowska deliberately set this in her Polish hometown to critique how Catholic nationalism consumes individual suffering for collective glory.
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