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Crazy Mike from Krakow specializes in organizing guided tours that are anything but typical. He drives the tourists to Nowa Huta in a dilapidated Vee Dub and allows the relics of the past- the “Stylowa” restaurant, the former site of the Lenin monument, the giant steelworks, a typical worker’s flat- to unfold their charms. During the sightseeing, he talks about the joys of life in the People’s Republic of Poland and the absurdities of real socialism. Will the memory of the trip stay with the tourists a little longer? The film has been shot as part of the First Documentary project.

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

 

  • Genre: Dokumentalny
  • Country: pl
  • Running time: 15
  • Year: 2007

Director: Edyta Wróblewska

DOP: Marcin Sauter, Szymon Lenkowski

Editing: Anna Dymek

Production company: Mistrzowska Szkoła Reżyserii Filmowej Andrzeja Wajdy (obecnie: Wajda Studio), Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich - Studio Munka

About the director:

Edyta Wróblewska

Edyta Wróblewska

Graduated from Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing and Camerimage Film School in Poland. Also graduated from Warsaw School of Economics and French Institute of Management. For several years she has been working for media companies (Agora S.A., Wizja TV, AtomicTV, The Warsaw Voice). In 2006 she took part in Berlinale Talent Campus. Her filmmaking experience includes directing, scriptwriting and production. Her documentary films were screened at many international film festivals (Toronto, New York, Boston, San Francisco, San Diego, London, Sheffield, Nice, Zagreb, Kiev, Guangzhou, Melbourne, Cracow, Wroclaw and many more). A member of Polish Filmmakers Association. 

At festivals:

12th Ismalia International Festival For Documentary & Short Films, Egypt, 2008 (screening)

Molodist, Kiyev, Ukraine, 2008 (screening)

GZDOC, Guaghzou, China, 2008 (screening)

Zagreb Dox, Croatia, 2009 (competition)

Polish Film Festival – Journey to Poland, Bristol, UK, 2009 (screening)

Toronto Polish Film Festival, 2009 (screening)

1st Film Festival Buenos Aires Polonia, Argentina, 2013 (screening)