Edi (film)

Edi is a 2002 Polish drama film directed and co-written by Piotr Trzaskalski. It received critical acclaim and eleven Polish Film Award nominations, winning two for Best Supporting Actor and Audience Award.

Edi
Directed byPiotr Trzaskalski
Written byPiotr Trzaskalski
Wojciech Lepianka
Produced byPiotr Dzięcioł
StarringHenryk Gołębiewski
Jacek Braciak
Jacek Lenartowicz
Aleksandra Kisio
Dominik Bąk
Grzegorz Stelmaszewski
CinematographyKrzysztof Ptak
Edited byCezary Kowalczuk
Music byWojciech Lemański
Production
company
Opus Film
Distributed byOpus Film
SPI International
Release date
  • 18 October 2002 (2002-10-18)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryPoland
LanguagePolish
Box office$1,310,652[1]

The film was selected as the Polish entry for Best Foreign Language Film at the 75th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

Plot

The film concerns two "scrap pickers" one of whom is falsely accused of seducing a woman and then forced to take care of her child.[2]

Cast
  • Henryk Gołębiewski – Edi
  • Jacek Braciak – Jureczek
  • Jacek Lenartowicz – Brat I
  • Grzegorz Stelmaszewski – Brat II
  • Aleksandra Kisio – Księżniczka
  • Dominik Bąk – Cygan
  • Małgorzata Flegel-Siedler – Krysia
  • Maria Maj – żona Małego
  • Tomasz Jarosz – Andrzej
  • Stefan Rola – Stefan
  • Grażyna Suchocka – sklepowa

Awards and nominations

It was submitted for the List of submissions to the 75th Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film,[3] but did not make the cut. However it did win the Polish Academy Audience Award.[4]

References
  1. "Edi (2002)". Box Office Mojo.
  2. "Trinity College Polish Club". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  3. "Scottsdale Film Festival". Archived from the original on 2008-09-07. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
  4. "Polish Film Awards site (In Polish)". Archived from the original on 2013-09-28. Retrieved 2013-08-17.


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