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POLISH TITLE: PUNKT WYJŚCIA

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Aneta rebelled at the age of 19. She went to prison for murder. Nine year later, while serving her sentence, she takes up a job of a carer. Every day she leaves the prison to go to the nursing home to look after Helena who suffers from rheumatism. By talking to the old lady Aneta realises how much she has in life and starts to believe in herself before the hard test which is ahead of her.

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GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland
RUNNING TIME:
25'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Michał Szcześniak
SCRIPT:
Michał Szcześniak, Katarzyna Bonda
DOP:
Przemysław Niczyporuk
EDITOR:
Jacek Tarasiuk, Daniel Gąsiorowski
PRODUCTION:
Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich - Studio Munka

Michał Szcześniak »

director and screenwriter. In 2005, he won the best European screenplay award – NISIMASA European Script Contest. The film he directed, based on the script awarded by NISIMASA, “A Boat”, received an many awards in Poland and abroad and was screened at over 30 festivals. Szcześniak is the author of many screenplays such as “Goliath”, “The Dark Side Of The Light” and “The Captain” to name just a few. Szcześniak was also a columnist for o few Polish magazines. From 2010 he has been participating in the documentary course at Wajda School.
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