Cinematography:
Łukasz GuttComposer:
Antoni Komasa-LazarkiewiczCast:
Oskar Dawicki, Agata Buzek, Andrzej Chyra, Zbigniew Warpechowski, Jakub Gierszal, Anda Rottenberg, Katarzyna Zawadzka, Anna Maria Buczek, Igor Krenz (more)Plots(1)
An insight into the contemporary art world, based on the life of performance artist Oskar Dawicki who plays himself. The main theme of his art is the search for an answer to the question of whether... Oskar Dawicki exists at all. The trademark of his performances is his blue shining jacket.
We meet Oskar at a turning point in his life, when he learns that his Mentor Zbigniew Warpechowski is dying. Warpechowski has also been mentoring Dearest, Oskar's childhood friend and a rival, who has devoted himself to more commercial art and beomce the most profitable contemporary artist in Poland. Oskar has one more complicated relationship in his life: a love affair with his art dealer. As in Dawicki's previous works, established norms of moral, spiritual, and social order are challenged and put on trial.
The Perfomer is the first-ever art exhibition in the form of a feature film: Oscar Dawicki's works are connected on the screen not only by time and space, but also by narrative, drama, and emotion. The film is an unusual mix of performance art with acting, and a fusion of documentary film-making with fictional storytelling.
(Berlinale)
Cast
![Oskar Dawicki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/539/162539773_2105fd.jpg)
Oskar Dawicki
Poland
![Agata Buzek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/423/160423367_01b115.jpg)
Agata Buzek
Poland
Best movies:
Walesa: Man of Hope (2013)
Agnus dei (2016)
Jeziorak (2014)
![Andrzej Chyra](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/543/162543647_14a1d9.png)
Andrzej Chyra
Poland
Best movies:
Leave No Traces (2021)
The Last Family (2016)
The Wedding Day (2021)
![Jakub Gierszal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/537/162537187_048f63.jpg)
Jakub Gierszal
Poland
Best movies:
Najlepszy (2017)
Colors of Evil: Red (2024)
Suicide Room (2011)
![Katarzyna Zawadzka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/383/383551_fff242.jpg)
Katarzyna Zawadzka
Poland
Best movies:
Life Feels Good (2013)
Restore Point (2023)
Bad Boy (2020)
Anna Maria Buczek
Poland
Best movies:
Jutro idziemy do kina (2007) (TV movie)
11 Minutes (2015)
![Arkadiusz Jakubik](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274617_ca3568.jpg)
Arkadiusz Jakubik
Poland
Best movies:
Life Feels Good (2013)
Hatred (2016)
Clergy (2018)
Zbigniew Rogalski
Poland
![Jacek Beler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/940/166940173_0a0933.png)
Jacek Beler
Poland
Best movies:
25 Years of Innocence (2020)
Clergy (2018)
The Wedding Day (2021)
![Bodo Kox](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/791/157791230_06715c.jpg)
Bodo Kox
Poland
Best movies:
Snow White and Russian Red (2009)
Wojciech Jagiełło
Poland
Michał Woliński
Best movies:
A Heart of Love (2017)
Kuba Kosma
Poland