THE FALL
POLISH TITLE: UPADEK
A film from the Golgotha series. A car driven by 22-year-old Maciej, hit 26-year-old Monika and 6-year-old Gracjan walking on the pavement. As a result of the accident the woman died and her son miraculously survived. Till then Gracjan was brought up without a father so his only guardians became his grandmother and grandfather. A few weeks after the accident Maciej’s parents got in touch with the family of the victim. Together with their son they decided to make up for the harm. Monika’s parents accepted the proposal of a meeting...
- GENRE:
- documentary
- COUNTRY:
- Polska
- RUNNING TIME:
- 24'
- YEAR:
- 2007
- DIRECTING:
-
Michał Rogalski
- DOP:
-
Karina Kleszczewska
- EDITOR:
-
Stefan Paruch
- PRODUCTION:
- Media Brigade
born in 1970 in Warsaw. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Journalism and Political Sciences at the University of Warsaw (1996) and the Faculty of Directing at the Film School in Lodz (2002), a participant of a feature film course at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. The author of documentaries: Rozmowa (1994, co-director), Matka śmierć (1996), Święto (1998), A Postcard from Hongkong (1999), The Film of Life. Paweł and Ewa (2002), Kozietulskiego 6 (2004), Blackmarket/Mobile Academy (2005), Sofia Cargo (2006), Silesian business (2006), and feature films: Kłamca (1997), Synkowie (1999), Anioł (2002). For The Film of Life. Paweł and Ewa he was awarded the Silver Hobby-Horse at the Krakow Film Festival (2002). An award winner of the festivals in Lodz and Kyiv.
