DIRECTION:
Krzysztof Jankowski
SCRIPT: Dawid Kowalewicz, Krzysztof Jankowski
CINEMATOGRAPHY: Marcin Czajkowski, Michał Gutowski
ART DIRECTION: Agata Wojas
MUSIC: Andrzej Izdebski
EDITING: Michał Gutowski, Krzysztof Jankowski
SOUND: Rafał Garbaczewski
PRODUCTION: Lodz Film Center, Ex Nihil Studio
PRODUCER: Janusz Rau
Modest
Ruciński (Karol), Jan Aleksandrowicz-Kra¶ko (Marcin),
Agnieszka Sienkiewicz (Monika), Paweł Ciołkosz (Bartek),
Milena Suszyńska (Asia), Jacek Bursztynowicz (Marcin's
Father), Arkadiusz Smoleński (Adam)
How
far will some men go for a feeling of retribution? Krzysztof
Jankowski asks this question in his directing debut
Ego, a tough psychological examination of two men's
escalating feud started by a rather innocuous interaction.
Karol, a young and shrewd businessman, is bumped on
his way into a bus by Marcin, a rough street kid trying
to turn his life around. Karol counterattacks by snatching
a taxi from Marcin, causing Marcin to be late to work
and getting fired. Through a twist of fate Marcin ends
up working for Karol, and their mutual vendettas take
over them, to the point of involving their girlfriends
and family. Both men become so obsessed with revenge,
they lose sight of everything they're losing in the
way. An observation of a traditionally male sense of
honor, the film looks at how class division and other
elements factor into a man's insecurities. An intense
ride that keeps viewers anticipating both men's actions
towards one another.
KRZYSZTOF
JANKOWSKI
|