Courage (Wymyk)

A Best Film discharge of an Opus Film production using the support from the Polish Film Institute, Ekran. Created by Piotr Dzieciol, Lukasz Dzieciol. Directed by Greg Zglinski. Script, Janusz Marganski, Zglinski.With: Robert Wieckiwicz, Lukasz Simlat, Gabriela Muskala, Marian Dziedziel, Karolina Kominek, Anna Tomaszewska.A brother or sister competition along with a random act of savagery supply the backdrop for Polish director Greg Zglinski to understand more about primal styles of cowardice, guilt and redemption in "Courage," his tightly scripted follow-as much as his 2004 debut, "One Lengthy Winter Without Fire." A contemporary-day undertake the storyline of Cain and Abel employing a couple of Polish cinema's toughest-working male stars, this precisely lensed moral tale might be a tad heavy-handed for theatrical play offshore. Still, it will excite lots of discussion around the fest circuit. (Belgium) Essaying another kind of tortured soul compared to one he plays in Polish Oscar submission "In Darkness," Robert Wieckiwicz is Fred, a tough, unschooled sort who handles his ailing father's Internet empire inside a quiet suburb of Lodz and resents his college-educated more youthful brother, Jurek (Lukasz Simlat), who lately came back in the U.S. packed with ambitious suggestions for the organization. Feeling he has drawn a lot more than his great amount of parental-care duty, Fred also feels bitter about Jurek's two hyperactive kids, since he has not had the opportunity to possess a child together with his hairstylist wife, Viola (Gabriela Muskala, "Winter"). Fred attempts to gain top of the hands, rudely disregarding overtures in the corporate types Jurek is relationship, and having a panic attack his brother with daredevil driving. Nevertheless, widower Jurek has got the sympathies of the snobbish and intimidating parents (Marian Dziedziel, and Anna Tomaszewska) as well as individuals of maternal Viola, who yearns to look after her nephew and niece, departing Fred feeling angry and isolated. Because the antagonistic brothers and sisters go ahead and take train to town in the 20-minute mark, a gang of hooligans boards and harasses a youthful lady (Karolina Kominek). Although Fred informs Jurek to not become involved, the more youthful guy attempts to intervene and it is beaten for his troubles. Slow to react and reluctant when confronted with the youths' violence, Fred does not save his brother from a level worse fate. Following the fast-paced opening section, which economically determines the brothers' antipathy as well as other discontents, the pic manages to lose one type of tension while having fun with another: When will Fred's family notice his new, more embarrassing type of impotence? As the script, co-compiled by Janusz Marganski and Zglinski, cleverly helps make the Internet greater than a mere backdrop towards the story, another story threads appear as less credible, particularly Fred's single-handed searching for from the crooks. Throughout the seven years since he helmed his first feature, Zglinski directed numerous instances of Polish TV serials, which possibly makes up about his inclination to extract slightly overstated performances from his thesps. His positioning from the camera is a little subtler, with angles and arrangements frequently indicating a lot more than the actors' words. Tech credits are solid, particularly production design, as variations in clothing and vehicle types instantly telegraph the gulf between your brothers' sensibilities. Kudos will also be because of the propulsive, moderately used score by Jacek Grudzien and Mariusz Ziemba. Pic nabbed a unique jury prize as well as an actor jerk for Wieckiwicz in the recent Warsaw fest.Camera (color), Witold Plociennik editor, Leszek Starzynski music, Jacek Grudzien, Mariusz Ziemba production designer, Elwira Pluta costume designer, Malgorzata Zacharska seem (Dolby Digital Surround EX), Michal Kosterkiewicz. Examined on DVD, Chicago, November. 2, 2012. (In Warsaw Film Festival -- competing Busan Film Festival -- Expensive Forward.) Running time: 83 MIN. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com