Beyond Words

Beyond Words

Genre

Drama

Director

Urszula Antoniak

Run time

1h 25min

Cast

Jakub Gierszal, Andrzej Chyra

Nothing in Michael, a young and successful Berlin lawyer, gives away his Polish roots. The sudden appearance of his father, who was long presumed dead, plunges Michael into an existential crisis. After his father leaves, Michael can’t return to his life as a German.

Michael and his boss and best friend Franz feel at home in Berlin’s hip restaurants, bars and clubs. There is seemingly no difference between them, but Michael, who emigrated from Poland after the death of his mother several years ago, still pays extra attention to his accent. Michael is thrown into turmoil when a run-down Polish bohemian shows up on his doorstep and claims to be his father. Father and son, two complete strangers spend a weekend together, torn between empathy, rejection and mistrust. As Michael’s roots catch up with him, a painful crisis seems inevitable…

„Beyond Words“ is the fourth feature film by the multiple award-winning writer-director Urszula Antoniak. Shot on black and white, the highly atmospheric and multi-layered drama touches on the difficult subject of assimilation and identity.

Genre

Drama

Director

Urszula Antoniak

Run time

1h 25min

Cast

Jakub Gierszal, Andrzej Chyra

Nothing in Michael, a young and successful Berlin lawyer, gives away his Polish roots. The sudden appearance of his father, who was long presumed dead, plunges Michael into an existential crisis. After his father leaves, Michael can’t return to his life as a German.

Michael and his boss and best friend Franz feel at home in Berlin’s hip restaurants, bars and clubs. There is seemingly no difference between them, but Michael, who emigrated from Poland after the death of his mother several years ago, still pays extra attention to his accent. Michael is thrown into turmoil when a run-down Polish bohemian shows up on his doorstep and claims to be his father. Father and son, two complete strangers spend a weekend together, torn between empathy, rejection and mistrust. As Michael’s roots catch up with him, a painful crisis seems inevitable…

„Beyond Words“ is the fourth feature film by the multiple award-winning writer-director Urszula Antoniak. Shot on black and white, the highly atmospheric and multi-layered drama touches on the difficult subject of assimilation and identity.

Info

Rating

(none)

Production year

2017

Global distributor

Global Screen

Local distributor

Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival MTÜ

In cinema

12/3/2017