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Life Feels Good

Poland, 2013, 107 minutes, Color, Polish; Turkish subtitled


2015 Seattle FF; Best Actor Polish Film Awards; Audience Award, Best Screenplay, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress

Director:  Maciej Pieprzyca

Screenplay: Maciej Pieprzyca
Cinematography: Pawel Dyllus
Editing: Krzysztof Szpetmanski
Music: Bartosz Chajdecki
Production: Tramway Film Studio
Cast: Dawid Ogrodnik, Dorota Kolak, Arkadiusz Jakubik, Helena Sujecka, Mikolaj Roznerski

Based on a true story “Life Feels Good” tells the story of Mateusz, a man born with cerebral palsy, diagnosed as mentally disabled and institutionalised at a clinic as he has little to no contact with the world around him. After twenty five years it will turn out that he is not mentally disabled at all.