7.72001Drama

A Man Thing

A Man Thing is Your Thing

13-year-old Bartek tries desperately to hide the fact that his father beats him. Lonely and with no support from his mother or his school, tyrannized by his soccer coach, the boy finds his only friend in an old dying stray dog.

Runtime

0h 26m

Language

Budget

Undisclosed

Revenue

Undisclosed

Cast

Faces behind the story

Bartosz Idczak

Bartek Idczak

Mariusz Jakus

Andrzej, Coach

Marek Bielecki

Stefan, Father

Katarzyna Bargiełowska

Hanka, Mother

Tomasz Rolinski

Platfus, Brother

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Reviews

Audience signals

This is a short film about child abuse. The child actor is very engaging, extremely natural, very well led by the director. The cinematography gives everything a grimy, realistic, post-communist bleakness. Kudos to the director for keeping everything tight and lean. Whether the film could be more uplifting is a question of taste. Polish cinema isn't exactly known for it's light touch so don't expect a happy ending. The only real problem with the story is that it's not very original. In fact, it looks like a compressed version of "Kes" with dogs substituted for birds. I guess if you haven't seen that Ken Loach film it won't matter but this fact stuck out for me. -miszel, IMDB
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