GRANDPA
POLISH TITLE: PRASZCZUR
Janusz Orłowski is 79 years old man, he’s still full of energy and zeal. There wouldn’t be anything special about it, but he flies. He’s a paraglider. The paraglider’s environment is varied very much, but the young people predominate there. The frail, old man doesn’t fit to them, but they have accepted him. Flying is Janusz’s passion. When he’s in the air everything doesn’t matter, he’s just happy. Paragliding demands health, agility and staying in good shape. Grandpa consequently overcomes all the limitations related to his age. The younger friends usually help him, sometimes it happens that he trips or falls over, but it doesn’t discourage him. Just the opposite. Janusz says he will always fly, but with one difference. In the future he will fly “to the land without gravity”, without everyday problems, without any effort.
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Polska
- RUNNING TIME:
- 26'
- YEAR:
- 2005
- DIRECTING:
- Mirosław Dembiński
- SCRIPT:
- Mirosław Dembiński
- DOP:
- Andrzej Musiał
- EDITOR:
- Mirosław Dembiński
- PRODUCTION:
- Studio Filmowe Everest
Mirosław Dembiński »
Born in 1959 in Bydgoszcz. He is a graduate of mathematics at the Mikołaj Kopernik University in Toruń (1983) and the Film Directing Department at the National Film, Television and Theatre School in Łódź (1990). In 1991 he established the Everest Film Studio, where he produced 44 films. He is an author of documentaries, among them being: Owoce ziemi czarnej (1992), Ganek (1998), Icarus (1999), Shared flight (2003), which were awarded more than 50 times, among others in Oberhausen, San Francisco, Calcutta and Krakow. A Lesson of Belorussian has already been awarded in Amsterdam, Leipzig, Kielce and Łódź.