| Life Feels Good | |
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| Chce się żyć | |
| Directed by | Maciej Pieprzyca |
| Written by | Maciej Pieprzyca |
| Produced by | Wiesław Łysakowski |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Pawel Dyllus |
| Edited by | Krzysztof Szpetmański |
| Music by | Bartosz Chajdecki |
| Production companies | |
| Distributed by | Kino Świat |
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| Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | Poland |
| Language | Polish |
| Box office | $1 438 531 |
Life Feels Good (Polish: Chce się żyć) is a 2013 Polish drama film directed by Maciej Pieprzyca.
It won the jury, audience and ecumenical prizes at the Montreal World Film Festival.
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 | 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 | Grand Prix des Americas | Won | ||
| Public Award | Most Popular Film of the Festival | Won | ||
| Ecumenical Prize | Won | |||
| Gdynia Film Festival 2013 | Silver Lion | Won | ||
| Audience Award | Won | |||
| Chicago International Film Festival 2013 | Silver Hugo | New Directors Competition | Won | |
| Audience Choice Award | Best Narrative Foreign-Language Feature | Won | ||
| International Film Festival TOFIFEST 2013 | Golden Angel | From Poland competition Audience Award | Won | |
| Polish Film Festival in America 2013 | Golden Teeth | Most Interesting Feature Film | Won | |
| Cleveland International Film Festival 2014 | 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 | PSC Award | Pawel Dyllus | Nominated | |
| Off Plus Camera International Festival of Independent Cinema 2014 | Polish Feature Film Competition | Best Actress | Dorota Kolak | Won |
| New York Polish Film Festival 2014 | Krzysztof Kieslowski Prize | Best Film | Won | |
| Elzbieta Czyszewska Award | Best Acting | Dawid Ogrodnik | Won | |
| Seattle International Film Festival 2014 | 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 | Golden Linden | Best Actor | Dawid Ogrodnik | Won |
| VOICES Film Festival 2014 | Audience Prize | Won | ||
References
- "Life Feels Good (2013)". Box Office Mojo.
- Scheib, Ronnie (September 2, 2013). "Montreal Film Review: 'Life Feels Good'". Variety. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- ^ "Life Feels Good". www.intramovies.com. Intramovies. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
- Kalecińska, Olga. "The Eagles 2014". www.offpluscamera.com/en/. Off Plus Camera. Archived from the original on January 21, 2015. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- "Awards of the Montreal World Film Festival - 2013". www.ffm-montreal.org. World Film Festival. Retrieved January 19, 2015.
- "49th Chicago Film Festival Announces Award Winners". old.chicagofilmfestival.com. Cinema/Chicago Inc. October 18, 2013. Archived from the original on January 28, 2015. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
- "The Audience Choice Awards, Presented by American Airlines, Announced by the 49th Chicago International Film Festival". old.chicagofilmfestival.com. Cinema/Chicago Inc. October 28, 2013. Retrieved January 23, 2015.
- "The Golden Angel of Tofifest goes to 'The Girl from the Wardrobe'". www.tofifest.pl/en/. TOFIFEST. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- "Awards". www.pffamerica.org. Polish Film Festival in America. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- "Winners - Cleveland International Film Festival". www.clevelandfilm.org. CIFF. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- "PSC Award 2014". en.psc.pl. Polish Society of Cinematographers. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
- "Laureates of the 7th edition of the OFF PLUS CAMERA Festival". www.offpluscamera.com/en/. Off Plus Camera. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- "Awards & Recognition - The 10th Anniversary NYPFF". www.nypff.com. NYPFF. Archived from the original on December 30, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
- Eggers, Rachel (June 8, 2014). "SIFF Announces 2014 Golden Space Needle & Competition Awards". www.siff.net. SIFF. Retrieved January 12, 2015.
- "Best Actor Award – DAWID OGRODNIK". thegoldenlinden.com/?lang=en. The Golden Linden Festival. Retrieved January 24, 2015.
- "The Winners of the 5th VOICES Film Festival". www.voices-festival.org. VOICES. July 9, 2014. Retrieved January 20, 2015.
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