All That I Love
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All That I Love is a 2009 Polish film directed by Jacek Borcuch. The film has been selected for competition in the Word Cinema Dramatic Competition at the Sundance Film Festival
2010. It was also selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
at the 83rd Academy Awards
but it didn't make the final shortlist.
, manifestations, and general political turmoil. Janek's father is an official of the local military police
, and while he utilizes that connection to secure rehearsal space for his punk
band (in the officer's hall of the police barracks), he rebels against the official repression of lycical freedom and political activism. His love interest, Basia, is the daughter of an active Solidarity
member, who initially forbids Basia from seeing Janek due to his governmental connections.
They continue to see each other secretly, and their romance inspires Janek to send demos to a prestigious Polish summer music festival. He is selected to play, but his attempt to get his politically sensitive lyrics past the state censor ends badly, and is forbidden from playing. However, at the end-of-year concert, at which the censor turns up personally to attempt to prevent Janek from singing Solidarity-friendly songs to his classmates, turns into a youth celebration of Solidarity.
Sundance Film Festival
The Sundance Film Festival is a film festival that takes place annually in Utah, in the United States. It is the largest independent cinema festival in the United States. Held in January in Park City, Salt Lake City, and Ogden, as well as at the Sundance Resort, the festival is a showcase for new...
2010. It was also selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
The Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film is one of the Academy Awards of Merit, popularly known as the Oscars, handed out annually by the U.S.-based Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences...
at the 83rd Academy Awards
83rd Academy Awards
The 83rd Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences , honored the best films of 2010 and took place February 27, 2011, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles beginning at 5:30 p.m. PST / 8:30 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, Academy Awards ...
but it didn't make the final shortlist.
Plot
All That I Love is a film about a young musician, Janek, in a coastal city of Poland during the early period of the Solidarity strikes, martial law in PolandMartial law in Poland
Martial law in Poland refers to the period of time from December 13, 1981 to July 22, 1983, when the authoritarian government of the People's Republic of Poland drastically restricted normal life by introducing martial law in an attempt to crush political opposition to it. Thousands of opposition...
, manifestations, and general political turmoil. Janek's father is an official of the local military police
Military police
Military police are police organisations connected with, or part of, the military of a state. The word can have different meanings in different countries, and may refer to:...
, and while he utilizes that connection to secure rehearsal space for his punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
band (in the officer's hall of the police barracks), he rebels against the official repression of lycical freedom and political activism. His love interest, Basia, is the daughter of an active Solidarity
Solidarity
Solidarity is a Polish trade union federation that emerged on August 31, 1980 at the Gdańsk Shipyard under the leadership of Lech Wałęsa. It was the first non-communist party-controlled trade union in a Warsaw Pact country. Solidarity reached 9.5 million members before its September 1981 congress...
member, who initially forbids Basia from seeing Janek due to his governmental connections.
They continue to see each other secretly, and their romance inspires Janek to send demos to a prestigious Polish summer music festival. He is selected to play, but his attempt to get his politically sensitive lyrics past the state censor ends badly, and is forbidden from playing. However, at the end-of-year concert, at which the censor turns up personally to attempt to prevent Janek from singing Solidarity-friendly songs to his classmates, turns into a youth celebration of Solidarity.
Cast
- Mateusz Kościukiewicz - Janek
- Olga Frycz - Basia Martyniak
- Jakub Gierszal - Kazik
- Andrzej ChyraAndrzej ChyraAndrzej Chyra is a Polish actor.He graduated from High School and in 1987 he graduated from the Acting Theater School in Warsaw. In 1994, he majored at the same university in Directing....
- Janek's father - Anna Radwan - Ela - Janek's mother
- Katarzyna HermanKatarzyna HermanKatarzyna Herman is a Polish actress.-Filmography:*Magda M.*Ekipa *Kryminalni*M jak miłość*Miasteczko*Boża podszewka-External links:...
- Sokołowska - Mateusz Banasiuk - Staszek
- Marek Kalita - Cpt. Sokołowski
- Igor Obłoza - 'Evil'
- Zygmunt MalanowiczZygmunt MalanowiczZygmunt Malanowicz is a Polish film actor. He has appeared in 30 films since 1962.-Selected filmography:* Knife in the Water * Naked among Wolves * Hunting Flies * Landscape After the Battle...
- Janek's grandfather - Elżbieta Karkoszka - Janek's grandmother
See also
- List of submissions to the 83rd Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film
- List of Polish submissions for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film