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The Last Family

Original title: Ostatnia rodzina
  • 20162016
  • 2h 3m
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7.4/10
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The Last Family (2016)
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The story of a well-known artistic family: legendary painter Zdzislaw Beksinski, his wife Zofia and their son Tomasz, a highly-praised music critic and translator. Their lives were far from ... Read allThe story of a well-known artistic family: legendary painter Zdzislaw Beksinski, his wife Zofia and their son Tomasz, a highly-praised music critic and translator. Their lives were far from being usual.The story of a well-known artistic family: legendary painter Zdzislaw Beksinski, his wife Zofia and their son Tomasz, a highly-praised music critic and translator. Their lives were far from being usual.
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
4.3K
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  • Director
    • Jan P. Matuszynski
  • Writer
    • Robert Bolesto
  • Stars
    • Andrzej Seweryn
    • Dawid Ogrodnik
    • Aleksandra Konieczna
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  • Director
    • Jan P. Matuszynski
  • Writer
    • Robert Bolesto
  • Stars
    • Andrzej Seweryn
    • Dawid Ogrodnik
    • Aleksandra Konieczna
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 7User reviews
    • 30Critic reviews
    • 69Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 30 wins & 16 nominations

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    Andrzej Seweryn in The Last Family (2016)
    Dawid Ogrodnik in The Last Family (2016)
    Andrzej Seweryn in The Last Family (2016)
    Andrzej Seweryn, Aleksandra Konieczna, and Dawid Ogrodnik in The Last Family (2016)
    Dawid Ogrodnik in The Last Family (2016)
    Andrzej Seweryn, Aleksandra Konieczna, and Dawid Ogrodnik in The Last Family (2016)
    Aleksandra Konieczna in The Last Family (2016)
    Dawid Ogrodnik in The Last Family (2016)
    Andrzej Seweryn, Aleksandra Konieczna, and Dawid Ogrodnik in The Last Family (2016)
    Aleksandra Konieczna and Dawid Ogrodnik in The Last Family (2016)
    Andrzej Seweryn in The Last Family (2016)
    Andrzej Seweryn and Aleksandra Konieczna in The Last Family (2016)

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    Andrzej Seweryn
    Andrzej Seweryn
    • Zdzislaw Beksinskias Zdzislaw Beksinski
    Dawid Ogrodnik
    Dawid Ogrodnik
    • Tomasz Beksinskias Tomasz Beksinski
    Aleksandra Konieczna
    Aleksandra Konieczna
    • Zofia Beksinskaas Zofia Beksinska
    Andrzej Chyra
    Andrzej Chyra
    • Piotr Dmochowskias Piotr Dmochowski
    Zofia Perczynska
    Zofia Perczynska
    • Stanislawa Beksinskaas Stanislawa Beksinska
    Danuta Nagórna
    • Stanislawa Stankiewiczas Stanislawa Stankiewicz
    Alicja Karluk
    • Patrycjaas Patrycja
    Magdalena Boczarska
    Magdalena Boczarska
    • Ewaas Ewa
    Agnieszka Michalska
    • Helenaas Helena
    Jaroslaw Gajewski
    • Redactoras Redactor
    Pawel Paczesny
    • Grzesiekas Grzesiek
    Grzegorz Felus
    • Psychiatristas Psychiatrist
    Adam Szyszkowski
    Adam Szyszkowski
    • Jan Nowakas Jan Nowak
    Lukasz Gawronski
    • Oskar Nowakas Oskar Nowak
    Dagmara Mrowiec
    • Maria Nowakas Maria Nowak
    Marta Józwik
    • Amelia Nowakas Amelia Nowak
    Jakub Wróblewski
    • Oskar Nowak at 13as Oskar Nowak at 13
    Magdalena Pociecha
    • Stewardessas Stewardess
    • Director
      • Jan P. Matuszynski
    • Writer
      • Robert Bolesto
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    the saga of an unusual family
    Jan P. Matuszynski, the director of the remarkable film 'Ostatnia rodzina' ('The Last Family') we saw at the Polish film festival organized by the local cinematheque was born in 1984. Part of the story in the film takes place before he has even been born, the rest during his childhood and adolescence. It is a debut film, but his achievement is even more formidable, because everything we see on screen during the two hours of projection gives the viewers a strong sense of authenticity. In many moments, if I hadn't read something about the movie, I could have sworn it was a docudrama, edited using the amateur movie film, especially since the main hero spends some time filming his own life with a video camera, one of the models that were fashionable in the '80s and' 90s. Of course, the script written by Robert Bolesto contributes to this sensation. It is very different from that of the movie 'Corki Dancing' ('Daughters of the dance' or 'The Lure') also written by him, which I saw a few days ago, a film which deals with the same period, but in a completely different style.

    For many of those who lived during the communist period in Eastern Europe, the setting in which the film takes place will be very familiar. It is one of those countless bedroom neighborhoods, consisting of blocks of apartments built in a Brutalist standard style, lacking any architectural personality, in which the 'working people' of Eastern European cities lived their existences. In two such standard apartments in two standard buildings in Warsaw, located close to each other, lived from the 1970s until 2005 the painter Zdzislaw Beksinski (Andrzej Seweryn), his wife Zofia (Aleksandra Konieczna) and his son Tomasz ( Dawid Ogrodnik). The family was however, far from standard. Zdzislaw Beksinski was an extraordinary painter, his works combining surrealism, fantasy and grotesque have an expressiveness and a power of fascination that are out of the ordinary. Son Tomasz, a hardly adaptable young man with an uncommon sensibility, was a translator of films and a DJ promoting contemporary music in a Poland that was awakening from communist censorship and reconnecting to the world. Zofia, the wife and mother, was the support and balance point of the family.

    'The Last Family' is apparently the filmed biography of a great artist but there is very little talk, almost none, about art. Zdzislaw Beksinski did not like speaking about his paintings, avoided public appearances, did not participate in the opening of his exhibitions. The film instead tells the biography of a family over three decades, it is a dysfunctional family, but what would a functional family mean in a dysfunctional society? The Beksinski's live by the communist standard and face the same problems as all their neighbors, and more broadly, as all the citizens of the communist bloc during that time, and later during the transition to capitalism. And yet, under these difficult conditions, Zdzislaw Beksinski created exceptional art, blowing up the barriers of the conventions and pushing the limits of the imagination. This creative process is presented indirectly, discreetly, with an emphasis on the human side and on the family relations. The actors are extraordinary, the physical resemblance of the actor Andrzej Seweryn to the painter is amazing, and everything we see on the screen is authentic and moving. Without talking explicitly about art, director Jan P. Matuszynski has made one of the best films about art, about art creators and the world around them.
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    • Release date
      • September 30, 2016 (Poland)
    • Country of origin
      • Poland
    • Official sites
      • New Europe Film Sales (Poland)
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    • Languages
      • Polish
      • German
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Den sista familjen
    • Filming locations
      • Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
    • Production companies
      • Aurum Film
      • HBO Europe
      • Maziowiecki Fundusz Filmowy
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,284,311
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 3 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1
      • 2.39:1

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