''Body'' ( pl, Ciało) is a 2015 Polish
drama film
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directed by
Małgorzata Szumowska. It was screened in the main competition section of the
65th Berlin International Film Festival where Szumowska won the
Silver Bear for Best Director. The film also received the Golden Lions Award at the 2015
Gdynia Film Festival and the People's Choice Award at the
2016 European Film Awards.
Plot
Olga who struggles with anorexia is sent to psychiatric hospital by the Attorney, where she is treated by Anna - a therapist who believes herself to be able to communicate with ghosts. Anna insists that she has been in contact with Olga's dead mother and she asks the Attorney to participate in a séance.
Cast
*
Janusz Gajos as Attorney
*
Maja Ostaszewska
Maja Ostaszewska (born 3 September 1972) is a Polish actress.
Biography
She was born in Kraków, the daughter of Polish musician Jacek Ostaszewski, of the Ostoja Clan. Ostaszewska was raised Buddhist. She started her acting training in her n ...
as Anna
*Justyna Suwala as Olga, attorney's daughter
*
Wladyslaw Kowalski as Władysław
*
Adam Woronowicz
Adam Woronowicz (; born 25 December 1973) is a Polish actor. He has appeared in more than 90 films since 1995. He received the Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for ''The Christening''. Woronowicz played the role of Father Jerzy Popi ...
as director Zieliński
*
Tomasz Ziętek
Tomasz Ziętek (born 28 June 1989, Inowrocław) is a Polish film and theatre actor as well as musician and guitarist.
Life and career
Ziętek was born on 7 May 1989 in Inowrocław. He graduated from the Bolesław III Wrymouth High School No. 1 in ...
as attorney's assistant
*Malgorzata Hajewska as Karol's mother
*Ewa Kolasinska as a nurse
*Ada Piekarska, as Ada
*
Ewa Dalkowska
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as the prosecutor's friend
Reception
On
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website
Rotten Tomatoes
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, the film has a 89% approval rating based on 9 reviews.
References
External links
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2015 films
2015 drama films
European Film Awards winners (films)
Polish drama films
Films directed by Małgorzata Szumowska
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