Conversation with a Cupboard Man

Overview

Karol sits for hours in a wardrobe in a rented room on the attic, looking back on his whole life. He was brought up by a single mother who loved his only child with a sick desperate feeling and limited all his world to her own person. Karol's tragedy began with his adolescence. It made his mother aware of her feminity that resulted in her new marriage. Together with a new husband she decided to send the boy to a school for retarded children. Upon leaving the school Karol starts to seek his longing mother who moved out, in a meanwhile, not giving any address.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

March 2, 1994

Original language

Polish

Spoken languages

Polish

Countries

Poland

Production

TVP,Telewizja Polska,Studio Filmowe Indeks,Fundacja Sztuki Filmowej

Cast

Bożena Adamek,Rafał Olbrychski,Karol Cieślar,Maciej Wilk,Adam Ferency,Marek Walczewski,Stanisława Celińska,Leon Niemczyk,Ewa Frąckiewicz,Marek Siudymand 11 more

Director

Mariusz Grzegorzek

Writer

Mariusz Grzegorzek

Cinematography

Jolanta Dylewska

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

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