Twarz

A blend of satire and drama about a rocker from the Polish countryside who undergoes a face transplant following a serious accident. While the public hails him as a folk hero, his friends and family distance themselves from him, as he now seems like a stranger to them. Jacek loves heavy metal and his dog. He turns the dirt roads right outside his front door into a racetrack, which he zooms around in his little car. When he hits the dance floor with his girlfriend Dagmara, everyone else immediately clears the way. He relishes his role as a cool outsider in an otherwise rather stuffy environment. he trains his muscles at his job on a major construction site near the Polish-German border, where the world’s largest statue of Jesus is to be built. But a serious workplace accident throws his life off track. Completely disfigured, Jacek undergoes the country’s first face transplant amid intense public interest in Poland. Celebrated as a national hero and martyr, he doesn’t recognize himself in the mirror. The Jesus statue, however, grows taller and taller. As events surrounding Jacek come to a head, the film maintains a clear perspective and seems to focus the camera lens even more sharply. In the form of a dark farce, Twarz reflects on the state of Poland, explores life in the provinces, and depicts a country that carves its faith in stone.