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HERCULES

POLISH TITLE: HERKULES

A compelling portrait of a lame nine-year-old boy named Krzys, nicknamed “Hercules” by his friends. The boy supports his whole family: his grandmother and his unemployed parents. His mother once worked at a butcher’s shop, and his father in a mine. Krzys collects and sells scrap metal, which he carries to a crumbling house near the coal-train tracks. His parents drink and watch television. Then a great event comes in Krzys’s life: his First Holy Communion...
 

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Polska
RUNNING TIME:
27'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Lidia Duda
SCRIPT:
Lidia Duda
DOP:
Robert Jażdżyk
EDITOR:
Krzysztof Szcześniak
PRODUCTION:
Telewizja Polska - Agencja Produkcji Audycji Telewizyjnych

Lidia Duda »

Lidia Duda – screenwriter and documentary film director. Her achievements include several important documentaries. A two-time winner of the Grand Prix at the Kraków Film Festival for her films “Hercules” (2005) and “Entangled” (2012). A Grand Prix winner at: Chicago, New York, Houston, Istanbul, Mexico, Moscow, Banff,Canton and Prague. Duda is a Grand Press laureate for "My Home in Pietrasze" at Prague film festival. She has worked as an independentartist for several years. A member of the Association of Polish Filmmakers, Polish Academy of Film and Polish Documentary Film Directors Guild.