Poland 2009. Dir: Jacek Blawut Cinematographer: Wojciech Staron With: Jan Nowicki, Beata Tyszkiewicz, Irena Kwiatkowska, Roman Klosowski, Danuta Szaflarska Awards: Jacek Blawut – Special Jury Award; Jan Nowicki - Best Actor Award; Polish Film Festival, Gdynia 2008 Production company: Studio Filmowe Rabarbar with Polish Film Television, TOYA S.A.
Courtesy of The Polish Institute, Tel Aviv
96 minutes. Polish, English & Hebrew subtitles
Friday 30.10, 10:30 Cinematheque 2
When veteran star-actor Jerzy (the excellent Jan Nowicki) appears at the door of Skolimow Retirement Home for Actors, it is clear that the monotonous routine of the Home has come to an end. Old passions are revived, new rivalries arise, and then, the residents decide to stage a play: "Faust" by Goethe.
The film's cast is an impressive list of the greatest Polish actors of the past few decades, both in films and on stage. Jacek Blawut, an experienced documentary filmmaker, created a fiction film full of humour love for the theatre, the actors and the joy of life.
Rene Letzgus will attend the screening of
Sheila Hayman, a descendent of Felix Mendelssohn, will present
The award winning director and art critic will attend the festival and conduct a 
