Movie Details:
Country | Poland |
Language | Chinese, Polish |
Genres | Drama |
Release date | July 18, 2024 (New Horizons Film Festival) September 27, 2024 (Gdynia Polish Film Festival) November 29, 2024 |
Running time | 1hr 34min |
Starring | Marcin Dorocinski Daxing Zhang Natalia Bui Ewelina Starejki Wiktoria Gorodecka |
Directed by | Jan P. Matuszynski |
Written by | Grzegorz Loszewski |
Produced by | Klaudiusz Frydrych Inga Kruk |
Cinematography by | Kacper Fertacz |
Edited by | Leszek Starzynski |
Music by | Stefan Wesolowski |
Casting by | PoPing AuYeung Piotr Bartuszek |
Production Design by | Joanna Kaczynska |
Set Decoration by | Joanna Kaczynska |
Costume Design by | Emilia Czartoryska |
Production Company | Wonder Films Canal+ Polska Gdanski Fundusz Filmowy Gdynskie Centrum Filmowe Telewizja Polska (TVP) Dreamsound Studio DI Factory Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej Gdanski Fundusz Filmowy |
Distributor | Kino Swiat (Poland, 2024) (theatrical) |
Cast & Characters:
- Marcin Dorocinski as Jurek
- Daxing Zhang as Ben
- Natalia Bui as Masia / Mei-Xiu
- Ewelina Starejki as Anna
- Wiktoria Gorodecka as Olga
- Izabela Francis Vinent Abreu as Luiza
- Maja Jaryczewska as Karolina
- Grazyna Sobocinska as Diana
- Fenfen Huang as Lan
- Kwong Loke as John
- Yuk Man as Yao
- BrÃd NÃ Neachtain as Lihua
- Antoni Sztaba as Borys
- Ewelina Zak as Nurse
- Bartosz Roch Nowicki as Male Nurse
- Pawel Prokopczuk as Orthopaedist
- Przemyslaw Redkowski as Doctor
- Malgorzata Witkowska as Administrative employee at the E.R.
- Bozena Stachura as Funeral Home worker
- Dorota Bierkowska as ZMS employee
- Katarzyna Ptasinska as Corpse beautician
- Dariusz Chojnacki as Technician
- Dawid Starejki as Technician
- Michal Swiderski as Robert’s body
- Wojciech Mieszkuniec as Priest
- Alina Swidowska as Robert’s mother
- Krzysztof Dutkiewicz as Robert’s father
- Agnieszka Sawicka as Robert’s sister
- Mirella Burcewicz as Martyna
- Pawel Plewa as Musician melanschu
- Michal Klodnicki as Musician melanschu
- Milosz Andrzejuk as Musician melanschu
- Mairis Labko as Musician melanschu
- Igor Korus as Janitor
- Boguslaw Kudlek as Jurek’s neighbor
- Edyta Januszewska as Saleswoman
- Renata Piklikiewicz as Saleswoman
- Hai Hung Dinh as Singing boy
- Ayana Dzharynbaeva as Singing girl
- Akylai Nuralieva as Singing girl
- Aurelia Vivi as Singing girl
- Lulu Qin as Singing girl
- Mo Tan as Singing girl
- Terry Chen as Singing boy
- Gabriela Arak as Waitress
- Julia Piklikiewicz as Waitress
- Tomasz Mirowski as Band Member
- Dawid Adach as Band Member
- Jakub Pozyczka as Band Member
- Karol Marcinkowski as Band Member
- Mateusz Weber as Policeman
- Pawel Spizewski as Crematorium worker
- Marcin Aziukiewicz as Crematorium worker
- Maciej Podgórzak as Concierge
Storyline:
After his daughter’s sudden death, Jurek and his Chinese father-in-law Ben embark on a metaphorical journey to find the perfect dead husband for Marysia and perform a forgotten Confucian ritual called Minghun. During their search, they cross their own limits and get into absurd trouble, but they also discover what is truly important. Thanks to that experience, they both go through a rebirth, which restores their belief in love and the meaning of life.