The Stroke

DRAMA SERIES, 8x35 MIN (2024)

An LGBT+ black comedy about a crisis. Jacek, a gay food critic in his fifties and a television celebrity, suffers a serious stroke and struggles to get back on his feet. Now, he must finally grow up, haunted by his former fame as well as the fear of being declassed and deprived of financial security. The reality distorted by the stroke creates a somewhat fantasy narrative when put next to the world of Marta and Krzysiek, Jacek's friends, who try to overcome their professional burnout and relationship crisis by looking after Jacek. Their conflicts collide with the Gen Z and Y characters, who perceive this other world as strange, and yet filled with longing for success, family, stability.

directed by
Paweł Demirski, Antonio Galdamez, Rafał Skalski
written by
Paweł Demirski
director of photography
Paweł Flis, Filip Drożdż
producer
Maciej Kubicki
producion
Telemark dla Viaplay Group
art director
Elwira Pluta
costumes
Arkadiusz Ślesiński
makeup
Tomasz Matraszek, Waldemar Pokromski
editor
Aleksandra Gowin, Beata Walentowska, Anna Garncarczyk
sound design
Błażej Kafarski, Maciej Krupa
music
Pablopavo i Ludziki
supervisor VFX
Kamil Polak
reżyseria obsady
Nadia Lebik
cast
Jacek Poniedziałek, Konrad Eleryk, Monika Frajczyk, Rafał Maćkowiak, Marta Malikowska, Marta Nieradkiewicz, Filip Pławiak, Ewa Skibińska, Jan Sobolewski, Lila Vasina
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