The Mighty Angel, Pod Mocnym Aniołem 2013, 110 min.
Sunday, November 9, 3:00 pm
Director: Wojciech Smarzowski
Screenwriter: Wojciech Smarzowski
Principal Cast:Robert Więckiewicz, Julia Kijowska, Andrzej Grabowski, Eryk Lubos, Marian Dziędziel, Kinga Preis
The latest film by Wojciech Smarzowski, is a shocking story about addiction and attempts to overcome it – and about love, that saves everything. The script is based on Jerzy Plich’s excellent novel “The Mighty Angel” (NIKE Literary Award 2011). Jerzy is a writer and a heavy drinker. We meet him at the point when he believes that he can beat his addiction. He is an author at the peak of his profession, interviewed on radio and television, idolized by students at lectures he gives. He falls in love with a young girl and finally feels that he has the person and the reason to live for. However, escaping from his dependence and embarking upon a new path proves to be extremely hard. The film is a story of despair, hope, another downfall, great determination, and the light at the end of the tunnel in the form of reciprocated love to a woman who is the last chance for the return to normal life and to escaping the degenerative disease.