“JOHNNY” PASSES ONE MILLION VIEWERS IN CINEMAS.
AND PICKS UP TWO MORE AWARDS!
“Johnny”, directed by Daniel Jaroszek, continues to steal viewers’ hearts. The film, produced and distributed by Next Film, has passed one million viewers in cinemas, and shortly afterwards it received two more audience awards. The first at the Grand Prix Komeda Festival, the second at the Młodzi i Film Festival.
“Johnny” is a story based on true events — one that moves and inspires. It is told from the perspective of Jan Kaczkowski’s charge, Patryk Galewski — a young man who did not have an easy start in life.
Patryk breaks into a cottage in a small town. A court sentences him to community service at the hospice in Puck, where he meets the remarkable Fr. Jan Kaczkowski. The priest gets young vocational-school boys — seemingly hardened rebels — involved in helping the terminally ill. In his work he focuses on closeness, tenderness and fighting for real relationships with other people. He teaches empathy. And he does it with wholesale amounts of humour, which wins him enormous popularity. Not long afterwards, Jan himself becomes a patient of his own hospice. Patryk finds himself in a situation that will change his entire life.
The role of Fr. Jan Kaczkowski, a priest held in high esteem by believers and atheists alike, is played by Dawid Ogrodnik, while Patryk is played by Piotr Trojan, winner of multiple awards for his performance in “25 lat niewinności. Sprawa Tomka Komendy”. The cast also includes Maria Pakulnis, Anna Dymna, Joachim Lamża and Witold Dębicki. The screenplay was written by Maciej Kraszewski, and the film is directed by Daniel Jaroszek.
The film is produced by Robert Kijak (NEXT FILM). The co-producers are TVN SA, Grupa Moderator Studio Filmowe sp. z o.o., Warmia Resport Spółka z o.o., OpenMedia Rafał Różański, Visual Work Rebel Media sp. z o.o., Pressprom Sebastian Kwiatkowski, PUR PUR – Dawid Podsiadlo Maciej Woć, Abstraction Plan sp. z o.o. Sp. k., Deamsound sp. z o.o., Cineline s.c., KRASZEWSKI FILM – Maciej Kraszewski and Dobra Robota sp. z o.o.
“Johnny” was made in cooperation with Fr. Jan’s family and the Fr. Jan Kaczkowski Foundation.
The film’s executive producer is Festival Group sp. z o.o. Distribution is handled by NEXT FILM.
