A Man Thing

A Man Thing

A Man Thing

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A Man Thing

"A Man Thing is Your Thing"

2001

0h 26m

7.7(14 votes)

Drama

Overview

13-year-old Bartek tries desperately to hide the fact that his father beats him. Lonely and with no support from his mother or his school, tyrannized by his soccer coach, the boy finds his only friend in an old dying stray dog.

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Lodz Film School

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Cast & crew

9 featured cast members

Starring

Bartosz Idczak

Bartek Idczak

Mariusz Jakus

Mariusz Jakus

Andrzej, Coach

Marek Bielecki

Stefan, Father

Katarzyna Bargiełowska

Katarzyna Bargiełowska

Hanka, Mother

Tomasz Rolinski

Platfus, Brother

Andrzej Wichrowski

Andrzej Wichrowski

Chief of Dog Shelter

Grzegorz Król

Siwy

Mariusz Pilawski

Mariusz Pilawski

Henryk, Head Master

Katarzyna Chmara

Teacher of Religion

Creative team

Directed by: Sławomir Fabicki
Written by: Sławomir Fabicki
Produced by: Tomasz Stefaniak

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