A Polish teen escapes his boxing dad by becoming a fantasy LARP hero—what could go wrong?
Seventeen-year-old Sergei feels completely misunderstood in his immediate environment. Some of his aunts mistake him for his cousin, his older brother Remigius does not even open his mouth towards him, while his father would very much like to make him a world-famous boxer. The boy escapes into the world of fantasy, which is the greatest of his passions. During one of the fantasy field games Sergei becomes a hero, which brings unexpected consequences.
Acting
Marcel Borowiec's painfully real teen awkwardness
Production
DIY LARP sequences that feel authentically homemade
Writing
Dry Polish humor cutting through earnest emotion
Director
Kordian Kądziela
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This micro-budget Polish indie captures a specific post-communist small-town atmosphere rarely exported—think Wes Anderson's Royal Tenenbaums but with more pierogi and less money.
Director Kądziela cast actual brothers Marcel and Kacper Borowiec as Sergei and Remigiusz; their real sibling tension during the silent dinner scenes wasn't entirely acting.
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