Spiritus Sanctus
Poland2026fiction15'National competition
During the Pope’s pilgrimage to Poland in June 1999, there is a total ban on the sale of alcohol along the route of his visit. Bogdan has a seemingly simple task to complete: obtain a bottle of vodka for his wife’s 50th birthday. However, the most ordinary trip to the shop soon defies the logic of everyday life, shatters the boundaries of realism and turns into a metaphysical journey through the absurdities of the late 1990s. The further the protagonist ventures into a series of strange encounters and extraordinary obstacles, the less obvious it is whether the task itself pertains to alcohol only.
- directed by
- Michał ToczekQ&A guest
A graduate in film directing from the Łódź Film School. Director of the films 'A Dead Marriage' and 'Be Somebody. His films have won over 60 awards and honours in Poland and abroad, including in Kraków, Palm Springs, Brussels and Brno.
- cinematography
- Tomasz Pawlik
- script
- Adam Porębowicz
- cast
- Sebastian Stankiewicz, Iza Dąbrowska, Klara Bielawka, Artur Paczesny, Oskar Stoczyński, Ernest Lorek, Marcin Sztabiński
- sound
- Maryla Kłosowska
- editing
- Ignacy Ciunelis, Jakub Didkowski
- production
- Jerzy Kapuściński, Magdalena Tomanek (Studio Munka - Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich)
- Photo
