Variety Critics’ Choice: Europe Now! 2007 / Hiena / Poland 2006
Hyena is a creepy thriller about – but definitely not for – children. The film follows a little boy who befriends a murderer on the run who starts snuffing out the kid’s enemies. Adventurously shot and fluidly directed, pic reps an intriguing feature debut for helmer Grzegorz Lewandowski.
Hyena is a creepy thriller about – but definitely not for – children that follows a little boy who befriends a murderer on the run who starts snuffing out the kid’s enemies. Adventurously shot and fluidly directed, pic reps an intriguing feature debut for helmer Grzegorz Lewandowski. A pre-pubescent lad (Jakub Romanowski) lives in a small Polish township. When his dad is killed in a mining accident, both mother (Magdalena Kumorek) and son try to carry on as if everything is normal, but his fascination with the horror stories he and his friends tell each other on the way to school each day grows as the tales become more lurid. Pic’s fetid atmosphere consistently compels.
89 min / Color, 35 mm
Director Grzegorz Lewandowski
/ Screenplay Grzegorz Lewandowski
/ Dir. of Photography Arkadiusz Tomiak
/ Music Grzegorz Kazmierczak, Krzysztof Wismont
/ Editor Andrzej Tomaczak
/ Producer Pawel Rakowski
/ Production Skorpion Art
/ Cast Borys Szyc, Jakub Romanowski, Magdalena Kumorek, Krzysztof Dracz, Aleksander Wysocki
/ Contact Skorpion Arte sp. z o.o.
Skorpion Arte sp. z o.o.
ul. Chełmska 19/21 pok. 406, 00-724, Warsaw
Poland
Phone: +48 501 204 239
Fax: +48 22 851 10 54
E-mail: [email protected]
Grzegorz Lewandowski
Film Director, Film Director
Rafal Widajewicz
Producer, Producer
Maciej Karpinski
Film Institution Rep., Film Institution Rep.
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