About

Title:
Old Man And a Dog
Director:
Witold Leszczyński
Genre:
psychological drama
Year of production:
2008
Premiere:
1970-01-01
Technical specs:
Color, 80 min.
Production:

Perspektywa Film Studio

 

Co-production:

Documentary and Feature Film Production Company

Producer:

Janusz Morgenstern

Co-producer:

Włodzimierz Niderhaus

Executive Producer:
Dorota Ostrowska-Orlińska
Co-financing:

Polish Film Institiute, The City of Lodz Office

Synopsis

Robert, a filmmaker once recognized and valued in the artistic circles, showing his films at major festivals, is today a man aging and struggling with his own complexes, vices and helplessness when confronted with the new reality that ruthlessly pushes him into the margins of society. Devoid of professional contacts, he is unable to find his feet in the new reality. Divorced, he lives alone. Struggling with his phobias, he is trying to drown his sorrows in alcohol. His only friend is a dog found in a ditch by the road and saved from certain death after being hit by a car. One day Robert's ex-wife, who has been waiting for a kidney transplantation for a long time, unexpectedly calls him. This call brakes the state of apathy into which he sank years ago.

Awards

2009 – "Prowincjonalia" Nationwide Festival of the Film Art in Września – Special Award for the filmmakers for "maintaining the memory of Witold Leszczyński, a great artist and outsider of the Polish cinema"