directed by, director of photography Jacek Bławut
Awards:
- Kraków Film Festival - National Competition - the President of the Polish Filmmakers Association Award (May 2005)
- Lubuskie Film Summer, Łagów - Grape Award, Polish-German Co-Operation Foundation Award for Best Non-Feature Polish Film (June 2005)
- Media Festival in Łódź, "Man in Danger" - Grand Prix "White Cobra" for "honesty in documentary form" (November 2005)
- Festival of the Film Art "Prowincjonalia" in Września - Award for Best Documentary Film (February 2006)
- International Film Festival on Ethnology and Anthropology "Etnofilm", Cadaca, Slovakia - Bronze Turoń for Best Documentary Film (November 2006)
The story of a friendship between documentary filmmaker Jacek Bławut and 30-year-old Michał, an alcoholic. A film about the co-dependence, hope, and helplessness he experienced, and about the delirious "Rat in the Crown" that seems to be tightening the noose around Michał's neck...
