MY FLESH MY BLOOD

Marcin Wrona’s fast-paced Warsaw fairytale begins with flesh and blood in the literal sense: Igor, a pugnacious boxer, is as gentle as a lamb in the depth of his heart, but his despair on learning that he’s suffering from a terminal illness is enough to make him lash out like a wounded beast. His bizarre idea of quickly starting a family is thwarted by his impatience and lack of empathy for others – until he meets Yen Ha, a young Vietnamese woman who unexpectedly leads him into a colourful, if fragile, parallel universe, and teaches him how to be patient and to wait. The expressive visual composition reflects Igor’s internal life – his outbursts of rage, his learning curves, the phases of his illness – and produce a film of great intensity.