A Dead Marriage

TITLE

A Dead Marriage

DIRECTOR

Michał Toczek

COUNTRY

Poland

YEAR

2021

DURATION

19′

GENRE

Fiction

Overview

A Dead Marriage

Filip works as a professional movie extra and he always plays roles of dead bodies. On the set of a historical film, he meets Lucy, who happens to be also an extra, playing a role of a dead woman. When laying on top of each other during long film making hours a bittersweet relationship develops between them in the unusual circumstances.

DIRECTOR BIOGRAPHY​ - Michał Toczek

Film directing student in the Polish National Film School in Lodz. Director of award-winning short features and documentaries. His documentary debut “Strawberry Boys” was awarded at the Krakow Film Festival (2019), among others. Laureate of the Papaya Young Directors contest - one of the most prestigious competitions for young creators in Poland.

Credits

Specifications

Michał Toczek

Film directing student in the Polish National Film School in Lodz. Director of award-winning short features and documentaries. His documentary debut “Strawberry Boys” was awarded at the Krakow Film Festival (2019), among others. Laureate of the Papaya Young Directors contest - one of the most prestigious competitions for young creators in Poland.

SELECTIONS & AWARDS

Group 1579

Tirana International Film Festival

Student Fiction Competition, 2022

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