Seventy-one minutes of Polish teens faking madness to dodge the system. It works. Kind of.
Teenager pretends to be mentally ill to get away from a reformatory.
Acting
Zamachowski's unhinged charisma sells the unhinged premise.
Direction
Szadkowski's cramped framing makes institutions feel inescapable.
Director
Tomasz Szadkowski
Adrianna Biedrzyńska
Girl
Zbigniew Zamachowski
Boy
Jerzy Stuhr
Czesio
Marek Sawicki
Krzysiek
Irena Laskowska
Boy's mother
Wiesław Drzewicz
Boy's father
Renata Pałys
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes