Life Feels Good
2013 Polish film
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Life Feels Good (Polish: Chce się żyć, lit. 'I want to live') is a 2013 Polish drama film directed by Maciej Pieprzyca.
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Directed byMaciej Pieprzyca
Written byMaciej Pieprzyca
Produced byWiesław Łysakowski
Starring
- Dawid Ogrodnik
- Dorota Kolak
- Arkadiusz Jakubik
- Anna Nehrebecka
- Katarzyna Zawadzka
- Kamil Tkacz
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| Chce się żyć | |
| Directed by | Maciej Pieprzyca |
| Written by | Maciej Pieprzyca |
| Produced by | Wiesław Łysakowski |
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| Cinematography | Pawel Dyllus |
| Edited by | Krzysztof Szpetmański |
| Music by | Bartosz Chajdecki |
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| Distributed by | Kino Świat |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish |
| Box office | $1 438 531[1] |
It won the jury, audience and ecumenical prizes at the Montreal World Film Festival.[2]
Plot
It tells the story of Mateusz Rosiński who has cerebral palsy in Poland and his life from the 1980s to 2000s. It is inspired by true events.
Cast
- Dawid Ogrodnik - Mateusz
- Kamil Tkacz - young Mateusz
- Dorota Kolak - Mateusz's mother
- Arkadiusz Jakubik - Mateusz's father
- Anna Nehrebecka - Jola, teacher
- Helena Sujecka - Matylda
- Mikołaj Roznerski - Tomek
- Tymoteusz Marciniak - young Tomek
- Katarzyna Zawadzka - Magda
- Anna Karczmarczyk - Anka
- Agnieszka Kotlarska - Anka's mother
- Janusz Chabior - "Łysy"
- Gabriela Muskała - doctor
- Lech Dyblik - healer
- Dariusz Chojnacki - Matylda's fiancé
- Izabela Dąbrowska - neighbor
- Witold Wieliński - neighbor
- Mirosław Neinert - uncle
- Grażyna Bułka - aunt
- Klaudia Kąca-Jasik - cousin
- Małgorzata Moskalewicz - Tomek's girlfriend
- Bernadetta Komiago - customer
- Marek Kalita - Magda's father
- Teresa Iwko - Magda's stepmother
- Grzegorz Mielczarek - counselor Krzysztof
- Ewa Serwa - head of medical center
Awards
| Award | Category | Recipient | Result | |
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| Polish Film Awards 2014[3][4] | Eagle | Best Film | Nominated | |
| Best Director | Maciej Pieprzyca | Nominated | ||
| Best Screenplay | Maciej Pieprzyca | Won | ||
| Best Editing | Krzysztof Szpetmański | Nominated | ||
| Best Leading Actor | Dawid Ogrodnik | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actress | Anna Nehrebecka | Won | ||
| Best Supporting Actor | Arkadiusz Jakubik | Won | ||
| Audience Award | Won | |||
| Montreal World Film Festival 2013[5] | Grand Prix des Americas | Won | ||
| Public Award | Most Popular Film of the Festival | Won | ||
| Ecumenical Prize | Won | |||
| Gdynia Film Festival 2013[3] | Silver Lion | Won | ||
| Audience Award | Won | |||
| Chicago International Film Festival 2013[6][7] | Silver Hugo | New Directors Competition | Won | |
| Audience Choice Award | Best Narrative Foreign-Language Feature | Won | ||
| International Film Festival TOFIFEST 2013[8] | Golden Angel | From Poland competition Audience Award | Won | |
| Polish Film Festival in America 2013[9] | Golden Teeth | Most Interesting Feature Film | Won | |
| Cleveland International Film Festival 2014[10] | Roxanne T. Mueller Audience Choice Award | Best Film | Runner Up | |
| George Gund III Memorial Award | Central and Eastern European Film Competition | Won | ||
| Polish Society of Cinematographers 2014[11] | PSC Award | Pawel Dyllus | Nominated | |
| Off Plus Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema 2014[12] | Polish Feature Film Competition | Best Actress | Dorota Kolak | Won |
| New York Polish Film Festival 2014[13] | Krzysztof Kieslowski Prize | Best Film | Won | |
| Elzbieta Czyszewska Award | Best Acting | Dawid Ogrodnik | Won | |
| Seattle International Film Festival 2014[14] | Golden Space Needle | Best Film | First Runner-up | |
| Best Director | Maciej Pieprzyca | First Runner-up | ||
| Best Actor | Dawid Ogrodnik | Won | ||
| Golden Linden International Film Festival of New European Cinema 2014[15] | Golden Linden | Best Actor | Dawid Ogrodnik | Won |
| VOICES Film Festival 2014[16] | Audience Prize | Won | ||
