The read
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
In 1960s Krynica, veteran artist Włosiński’s orderly life is disrupted when local outsider Nikifor - deaf, mute, and dismissed as a harmless eccentric - arrives at his studio and begins painting his naïve masterpieces. Their unlikely friendship transforms both men, sparking a late-life creative and personal rebirth that reshapes Włosiński’s world and finally earns Nikifor recognition for his singular talent.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
18 audience votes
Key crew
- Krzysztof KrauzeDirector
- Krzysztof KrauzeWriter
- Joanna Kos-KrauzeWriter
- Bartłomiej GliniakOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Krystyna FeldmanNikifor Krynicki
- Roman GancarczykMarian Wlosinski
- Jerzy GudejkoRyszard Nowak
- Jowita BudnikCleaning Lady Kowalska
- Lucyna MalecHanna Wlosinska
- Katarzyna PaczyńskaAla Wlosinska
- Karolina PaczynskaEwa Wlosinska
- Artur SterankoDoctor Rosen
- Marian DziędzielBeekeeper Ferek
- Magdalena Celówna-JanikowskaNikifor's Housekeeper
- Ewa WencelDirector of 'Zacheta'