Generational conflict in My Father’s Bike
Shooting will take place until September 20 on My Father’s Bike (working title - Mójrower) by Piotr Trzaskalski, who attracted attention with Edi (FIPRESCI Prize at Berlin in 2003) and The Master (Audience Award at Trieste in 2006). The cast includes Artur Zmijewski, famous jazz musician Michal Urbaniak making his big-screen debut, Anna Nehrebecka and Witold Debicki.
Co-scripted by the director and Wojciech Lepianka (assistant director on Edi and The Master [+see also:
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The three men haven’t seen each other for years, but an event within the family will transform them: they have to see each other again and face up to their attitudes. They thus have to learn how to communicate again.
But the attempts at mutual understanding won’t bear fruit straightaway and the meeting is full of strong emotions, arguments, tears of tenderness, humour and irony.
My Father’s Bike is produced by Federico Film for a €1.02m budget that includes €625,000 in backing from the Polish Film Institute. The film is lensed by DoP Piotr Sliskowski. Polish theatrical release is scheduled for 2012.
(Translated from French)
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