100 minutes
9/4/2009
An arrogant medical man discovers there's more to his new patient than he imagined in this drama from Polish filmmaker Feliks Falk. Dr. Konstanty Grot is an ambitious young doctor who is determined to make a name for himself, to the point that his wife often accuses him of being more interested in his career than in her. Grot believes that he can earn the respect of his peers by successfully treating a supposedly incurable patient, and he believes he may have found a likely candidate in Pawel Plocki, a mental patient who can barely function. Grot signs Plocki out of the mental hospital where he's been treated for years and moves him into his own home; in time, Plocki shows genuine improvement, and Grot thinks he?s beaten the state medical establishment at their own game. But that?s before Grot learns some secrets about his patient that cast his condition in a new and disturbing light.
Borys Szyc
as Dr. Konstanty Grot
Grzegorz Wolf
as Pawel Płocki
Magdalena Walach
as Renata Grot
Grzegorz Kwiecień
as Intern Robert
Krzysztof Stroiński
as Ambroziak
Marian Opania
as Professor Dębicki
Ewa Ziętek
as Renata's Mother
Elżbieta Karkoszka
as Konstanty's Mother
Krzysztof Machowski
as Ludwik Boreń
Aleksander Mikołajczak
as Tadeusz Kański
Artur Steranko
as Doctor Julski
Anna Wyka
as Julka
Katarzyna Żak
Małgorzata Ząbkowska
as Woman
Gabriela Czyżewska-Detmer
as Nurse Kasia
Jacek Lenartowicz
as Patient
Andrzej Mrowiec
as Jerke
Stanisław Penksyk
as Prosecutor Mąka
Bernardeta Komiago
as Clerk
Bogdan Kalus
as Grots' Neighbor
Barbara Kurdej-Szatan
as Intern Iwona
Ewa Kania
as Robert's Aunt
Nina Czerkies
as Ludmiła
Marlena Durda
as Secretary Stenia
Katarzyna Bojaryn
as Musician
Izabela Brejtkop-Frączek
as Secretary
Joanna Domańska
Jolanta Fijałkowska
Joanna Górniak
as Nurse
Magdalena Kordylasińska
as Musician
Jolanta Grusznic
Aleksandra Sawa
Katarzyna Skolik-Miedziak
as Clerk
Kinga Tabor
as Physician
Wojciech Chorąży
as Physician
Juliusz Chrząstowski
as Policeman
Dariusz Dobkowski
as Man
Krzysztof Kalczyński
as Stanisław Grot
Mateusz Ławrynowicz
Tadeusz Piotr Łomnicki
as Tadeusz
Jacek Mąka
Leszek Musiał
as Janek
Robert Ostolski
as Policeman
Michał Chilicki
as Patient (uncredited)
Rafał Dajbor
as Patient (uncredited)
Jerzy Retmaniak
as Patient (uncredited)