The Last Family (Polish: Ostatnia rodzina) is a 2016 Polish biographical film directed by Jan P. Matuszyński.[2] The film won the Golden Lions for best film at the 2016 Gdynia Film Festival.[3]

The Last Family
Directed byJan P. Matuszyński
Written byRobert Bolesto
Produced byLeszek Bodzak
Aneta Cebula-Hickinbotham
StarringAndrzej Seweryn
Dawid Ogrodnik
Aleksandra Konieczna
Andrzej Chyra
CinematographyKacper Fertacz
Edited byPrzemysław Chruścielewski
Production
company
Aurum Film
Release date
  • 30 September 2016 (2016-09-30)
Running time
123 minutes
CountryPoland
LanguagePolish
Box office$ 2 284 311[1]

Plot edit

As renowned painter Zdzislaw Beksinski tapes everything with his camcorder, a 28-year family saga unfolds through his disturbing dystopian paintings, family feuds, near-death experiences, love-hate relations and consecutive funerals. The true story of the artistic Beksinski family: Zdzislaw, his wife Zofia and their talented yet trouble-making son Tomasz.

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Reception edit

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an aggregate score of 75% based on 6 positive and 2 negative critic reviews.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ "The Last Family (2016)". Box Office Mojo.
  2. ^ Felperin, Leslie (2016-11-03). "The Last Family review – mesmerising portrait of a battling brood". The Guardian. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  3. ^ "The Last Family emerges triumphant at Gdynia". 26 September 2016. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  4. ^ "The Last Family". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved September 1, 2022.

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