BAD BOY high security cell (78' - 2012)
a film by : Janusz Mrozowski
Janusz Mrozowski :
Born in Poland in 1948, he has been living in Paris since 1970.
In 1978 he made his first short film, 'Rzecz'. He set up the Filmogene studio in 1987.
He made his feature debut 'Lucy's Revenge' in Burkina Faso in 1998; the film won him an M-Net All Africa Film Award (the African equivalent of an Oscar) in Pretoria.
'Bad Boys Cell 425', the only Polish-language film screened at Cannes 2009, was his documentary debut.
editing: Karine Olivier & Krzysztof Paluchowski
sound: Kamil Sajewicz
Synopsis :
Locked up in a high security prison for armed robbery, a 28 year-old inmate refuses to let the errors of his youth become his destiny.
BAD BOY high security cell offers an exceptional look into one of the most secret places in prisons. Over a period of 77 minutes,
we get to know Damian, 28 years old, condemned to ten years in jail for armed bank robbery. His frank and truthful discussion, with
himself and with the camera of Janusz Mrozowski, reveals his troubled inner world, his doubts but also his sensitivity and understanding,
and with his tattooed arms he holds up a mirror to our society, and to ourselves.
High Security Prison in Tarnow, 70 km from Krakow, Southeastern Poland.
BAD BOY high security cell offers total immersion in this “prison within a prison”. For the first time, a camera has shared for two
weeks the life of a prisoner classified as “dangerous”. How does he manage to survive in total isolation? How can he stand being observed
day and night? What are his fears? Does he have any regrets? Any hopes? How does he see his future? BAD BOY high security cell a tough
documentary to see and to understand...
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