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BROTHERS

POLISH TITLE: BRACIA

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Two brothers, who managed to escape Soviet work camp, are unable to escape from each other. They love but at the same time they hate each other. One of them is an artist and a dreamer, the other one – a pragmatic scientist. They are like fire and water. Throughout their lives they had to rely on each other: in the Stalinist work camp, in communist Russia and then, after repatriation, in capitalist Poland.

Their adventurous life consists of continuous adversities that, despite their arguments and quarrels, they are always able to overcome because they stick together. Their age – one of them is 80 and the other 83 years old – does not stand in a way. They are full of vigour and humour and they have lots of new, crazy ideas. The greatest dream of the painter is to organize a big exhibition of his works. It gets fulfilled when he exhibits his painting in European Parliament in Brussels. Meanwhile his house, with several thousands of his paintings, burns down. Will he be able to start his life once again?

TRAILER
GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland
RUNNING TIME:
68'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Wojciech Staroń
SCRIPT:
Wojciech Staroń
DOP:
Wojciech Staroń
EDITOR:
Wojciech Staroń, Zbigniew Osiński
PRODUCTION:
Staroń Film

Wojciech Staroń »

Cinematographer and director. Winner of the Silver Bear at the 61st Berlinale for cinematography of the film "El Premio" directed by P. Markovitch. His directorial debut "Siberian Lesson" (1998) was awarded at festivals in Krakow FF, IDFA and Cinema du Reel. "Argentine Lesson" (2011) won awards including at Cinema Eye Honor, Krakow FF, DokLeipzig and Camerimage. The film "Brothers" (2015) won Semaine de la Critique in Locarno. “Passion According To Agnieszka”(2025) won Golden Hobbyhorse on Krakow FF. As a cinematographer, he collaborated with Krzysztof Krauze and Joanna Kos-Krauze on "Plac Zbawiciela" (Golden Frog Polish Competition Camerimage 2006), "Papusza" (Manaki Brothers Bronze Camera 2013), with Laila Pakalnina on “Dawn” (PSC Award 2018) with Lidia Duda on "Entangled" (Cinematography Award Krakow), “Fledglings”(PSC Award 2023), with Jerzy Sadkowski “Don Juan”(2015 IDFA GrandPrix), “Bitter Love”(2020 CPH Dox), with Diego Lerman on "Refugiado" (Quinzaine des Réalisateurs, Cannes 2014), M. Mubarak on "Autobiography" (Venice Orizzonti 2022), with V. Kairis on "January" (Tribeca 2022 Best feature) and with L. Achour on "Red Path" (Locarno, Camerimage 2024). Professor of Polish National Film School in Lodz.
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