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I LOVE A HOOLIGAN

POLISH TITLE: MIŁOŚĆ BEZ USTAWKI

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Reality is sometimes stranger than fiction, which is brilliantly shown by the story of Mariola and Krzysiek. It seems that everything should keep them apart: their age, social status, but most importantly, their support of two rival football clubs - Slask Wroclaw and Ruch Chorzow. Mariola is a mature woman, store manager, and single mother with a daughter. Krzysiek is much younger than her, without a profession or plans for the future. He is also a tattooed criminal having served nine years in prison for brawls and assaults. They met on the nk.pl social network and fell in love. I Love A Hooligan is a compelling documentary without typical stereotypes, and has an engaging storyline comparable to a feature film’s.

Produced by HBO and K&M Project, I Love A Hooligan is a story of unusual love and sacrifice able to move mountains. The director spent four years documenting the life of the characters who are not ashamed of their feelings and believe that their relationship gives them strength to overcome daily challenges. This production is the directing debut of Kamil Król, the Director of Photography or camera operator of such titles as Silence, The Body and Andrzej Maleszka’s award-winning The Magic Tree.

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GENRE:: documentary
COUNTRY:: Poland
RUNNING TIME:: 76'
YEAR:: 2012

DIRECTING:: Kamil Król
SCRIPT:: Kamil Król
DOP:: Kamil Król
EDITOR:: Jan Mikołaj Mironowicz, Paweł Laskowski
MUSIC:: Radosław Łuka
PRODUCTION:: HBO Poland, HBO Europe, K&M Project

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Kamil Król completed Cinematography Studies at the Polish National Film School in Lodz. I Love A Hooligan is his debut as a film director. He has worked on many Polish and foreign feature films, documentaries, TV series, music videos and TV commercials as Director of Photography, camera operator, and still photographer. His work as Director of Photography includes The Magic Tree by Andrzej Maleszka, which has received many awards (including an Emmy Award).