Houston Polish Film Festival 2022 – Saturday Program

5:00 PM
Sonata, 2021, drama, 118 min
Director: Bartosz Blaschke

Grzegorz, diagnosed as an autistic child, lives in his hermetic world, unable to establish contact with others. When he turns fourteen, it turns out that the cause of isolation is not autism, but hearing loss, which hides great musical talent. Thanks to the auditory implant, Grzegorz begins to learn sounds, words and music with which he falls in love….

7:00 PM
Black Sheep (“Czarna Owca”) 2021, comedy, 72 min
Director: Aleksander Pietrzak

Magda and Arek create a harmonious marriage with 25 years of experience, caring for their sick grandfather. They live with their son, Tomek, who is in a long-term relationship with his girlfriend Asia. Seemingly everything is fine – typical family. And yet – Magda, a teacher in a Catholic high school, hides the fact that she prefers women, Arek has not been able to find a job for a long time, and Tomek – a popular YouTuber, is mainly driven by his interests. The embarrassment begins when Magda, tired of living in hiding, decides to follow her heart, setting off an avalanche of new events.…

9:00 PM
Icarus, The Legend of Mietek Kosz, 2019, biography, drama, 122 min
Director: Maciej Pieprzyca

Inspired by true events, a story of a blind grand piano genius. As a child, Mietek loses his sight and his mother places him in the care of the nuns in Laski. At the centre for the blind the boy discovers that music may be his way of seeing the world again and of describing it. Mietek goes on to become a brilliant classical pianist. Once he discovers jazz music, though, he has only one goal left: to become the best jazz pianist in Poland…