An organised arts teacher has only one main problem in life, which is his father – a painter always going from one party to the next. When the father lives through his second heart attack and still refuses to change his lifestyle, Julius will have to find a way to influence his behaviour.
Acting
Jan Peszek's unhinged patriarch energy is infuriatingly perfect.
Writing
Sharp generational conflict that keeps comedy in the tragedy.
Director
Aleksander Pietrzak
Wojciech Mecwaldowski
Juliusz Chlebowski
Jan Peszek
Juliusz Chlebowski senior
Anna Smołowik
Dorota Sobczak
Rafał Rutkowski
Rafał
Jerzy Skolimowski
Olgierd 'Chorwat' Szybenik
Maciej Stuhr
Damian
Andrzej Chyra
Principal
Krzysztof Materna
organizator eventu
Krystyna Janda
Krystyna Janda
Monika Olejnik
gwiazda na pogrzebie ojca Juliusza
Izabela Trojanowska
gwiazda na pogrzebie ojca Juliusza
Ewa Wiśniewska
gwiazda na pogrzebie ojca Juliusza
Paulina Gałązka
Anetka
Wojciech Żołądkowicz
inwalida
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Polish cinema loves its chaotic patriarchs—this fits a lineage of films examining post-communist masculinity in meltdown.
Jerzy Skolimowski's cameo nods to his own legendary status in Polish New Wave cinema; he's basically the genre's godfather dropping by.
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