09/05/2008

Young director Marcin Wrona – a graduate of the Andrzej Wajda Master School and winner of the Polish edition of the Hartley-Merrill competition in 2007 – is currently shooting his debut feature. Tamagotchi explores the confrontation between Asian and European culture.

The protagonist – a boxer – is seriously injured in a fight. He initially finds it hard to accept that he must end his career and, in order to take his mind off the prospect, he plunges into a life of drinking in late-night bars.

Hope emerges when he realises he wants a child. Not without difficulty, he finds a Vietnamese woman who is willing to strike a deal with him. She will carry their child if he guarantees her Polish citizenship.

Tamagotchi – co-written by Marcin Wrona, Grazyna Trela and Marek Pruchniewski – has an interesting storyline and an impressive cast. The film stars Eryk Lubos (Slawomir Fabicki’s Retrieval [+see also:
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The film – shot in the Warsaw region – is lensed by Pawel Flis who, like Wrona, is making his feature film debut.

Tamagotchi is produced by Piotr and Lukasz Dzieciol for Opus Film. The film has a budget of €1m, half of which has been provided by the Polish Film Institute (PISF).

Polish public television network TVP and Canal + are co-producing the film whose premiere screening will take place in autumn 2008, as part of the Gdynia Polish Film Festival.

(Translated from French)