''My Nikifor'' ( pl, Mój Nikifor) is a 2004 Polish drama film directed by
Krzysztof Krauze
Krzysztof Krauze (2 April 1953 – 24 December 2014) was a Polish film director, cinematographer and actor, best known for his thriller '' The Debt'' (1999).Marek Haltofbr>''Polish National Cinema'' Berghahn Books, 2002.
Life and career
Krauz ...
. It is based on the life of
Nikifor
Nikifor (21 May 1895, Krynica, Austria-Hungary – 10 October 1968, Folusz, Poland), also known as Nikifor Krynicki, born as Epifaniy Drovnyak (Epifaniusz Drowniak) 1, was a Lemko naïve painter. Nikifor painted over 40,000 pictures – on s ...
, a
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and
naïve painter.
Cast
*
Krystyna Feldman
Krystyna Zofia Feldman (1 March 1916 – 24 January 2007) was a Polish actress.
Life and career
Born in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary (now Lviv, Ukraine) to a Catholic mother, Katarzyna Sawicka, an opera singer and a Jewish father, Ferdynand Feldm ...
as
Nikifor
Nikifor (21 May 1895, Krynica, Austria-Hungary – 10 October 1968, Folusz, Poland), also known as Nikifor Krynicki, born as Epifaniy Drovnyak (Epifaniusz Drowniak) 1, was a Lemko naïve painter. Nikifor painted over 40,000 pictures – on s ...
*Roman Gancarczyk as
Marian Włosiński
*
Lucyna Malec as Hanna Włosińska
*Jerzy Gudejko as Ryszard Nowak
*Artur Steranko as Doctor Rosen
*
Jowita Miondlikowska as Cleaning Lady Kowalska
*
Marian Dziędziel
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as Budnik
Release
In the United Kingdom, ''My Nikifor'' opened with a box office gross of only £7 upon its release in 2007, making it the lowest-grossing film release in British history.
Reception
Basing on 8 critics, ''My Nikifor'' holds an 88% rank on
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, with an
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of 6/10.
Wally Hammond of ''
Time Out'' gave the film 3 out of 5 and called acting as "solid".
In a review for ''
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'', Leslie Felperin wrote: "Though in most respects a conventional painter's biopic, ''My Nikifor'' has some interesting warps in its canvas".
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