Locarno 15 – BROTHERS – Semaine de la Critique

First Festival Screening – August 8, 2015 @ 11:00 AM at Teatro Kursaal
Last Festival Screening – August 9, 2015 @ 2:00 PM at PalaVideo

Brothers is the story of Mieczysław and Alfons Kułakowscy, two brothers sent to a Soviet gulag when they were children. They managed to escape and reach Alma Ata, where they stayed. One became a reputable painter in Kazakhstan, the other worked as a cartographer. Decades later, they decided to come back to the place they were taken away from by force. After 70 years of exile, they returned to Poland in 1998 and settled in the region of Warmia. The film, which shows the fascinating story of their life…

Director – Wojciech Starón

Wojciech Starón

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