THE COLLECTOR

The film relates 48 hours in the life of the bailiff Lucek Bohme. His lack of compassion makes him an ideal debt collector, as conscientious in enforcing legal warrants as he is unscrupulous regarding the consequences of his actions. He views other people’s feelings with professional distance – until one day a seizure order takes him into the home of the woman who was the love of his youth. Shortly afterwards he is confronted with the suicide of another victim. Surrounded by a hostile environment, he then tries to change his moral course. Feliks Falk’s first film in ten years describes the contemporary frame of mind in Poland, and at the same time presents the legend of a modern saint. Award for Best fi lm and further awards at Gdynia.