Jancio Wodnik (1993) User Reviews

Magic and wonderful

[MuffinMan747 · 8/10 · 7 April 2006]

Magic realism. Reality mixed with weirdness. a Normal story intertwined with strange elements. (but not "strange" as defined by "The Eraserhead" etc.). Nice altogether. Someone wrote "wonderful" - that's it (but of course not the Disney "wonderful").

I would like to recommend it, but would not know what to compare it to. Strange but funny and real at the same time. Not too 'artsy', actually, not 'artsy' at all. Lots of funny clashes between the protagonist and the reality outside. "Oh, Jesus crucified.". "No, welded".

Slightly in the style of what GG Marquez could have written (less magic though).

Wonderful film

[uta-3 · 10/10 · 7 March 2001]

I've seen this movie rather by chance on a film festival, and I was amazed. Usually one hardly gets to see Polish films. And this is one of these films one never forgets: simple people, strange story, surrealistic visuals - and very hard to find in a movie theatre, I guess...

One of the best Polish movies

[sfensony · 10/10 · 3 June 2006]

This is specific movie for the polish cinematography. This is a story about some ordinary man from the middle of nowhere - Jancio (Johnny). One day he gets some kind of power. His ability is to healing people using water. He's leaving home and start traveling over the world. He feels some kind of mission and is curious of the world around. He meets one strange man on his road - Stygma (Stigmatic), whose is a false sufferer. Together they getting strange occasions to learn about real things and the mob. Jasio stays famous man. Has mob behind backs till the day of birth of his son. Because little boy has a pig's tail and main character can't heal him, Jasio loses his abilities and the mob hates him. Jasio is coming home.

At that movie I've found my favorite actor. It's Franciszek Pieczka. His role and acting are gorgeous. This actor can play peoples whose thinking about live all the time. Like on "Zywot Mateusza" he is a man with deep heart inside his body.

The second place is taken by Boguslaw Linda alias Stygma. It is the best of Linda's role of ever. It's not like the other movies with him. He is not the same "macho" guy (saying vulgar whole the time) like on later movies (Psy, Psy 2, all polish-gangsta' style). He should go this way for the rest of his acting. I think that this is the only movie when Boguslaw has shown his skills. The rest is silence...

Everyone should see that art.

P.S. Sorry for my poor language ;)