Ballad of Piotrowski

(original title: Ballada o Piotowskim)

Beautiful riverside cliffs. Water fowls, dogs, hens, a small town center with two small grocery stores, one clothes shop, and a closed mill: Nieszawa is a small town situated seven kilometers south of Ciechocinek where a ferry crosses the Vistula River at its widest They say Chopin passed through here on the way to his summer house in nearby Szafarnia. Since then, to commemorate his visit, a trumpeter has played the first bars of Chopin’s Mazurka F-major op.38 from the town hall tower three times a day.
Marek, the head of the town’s Art Foundation, has large ambitions but few resources. He is Piotr Piotrowski’s best friend, but Piotrowski doesn’t know this yet. And Piotrowski is the kind of man who would never get by without the help of good people. After the death of Mr Wirtz, the local pharmacist, Piotrowski decides to do something with his life. He no longer is satisfied with just getting by and decides to challenge the fate. He thinks that nobody wants him to succeed. But is this really so?

Written and Directed by: Rafael Kapelinski
Running time: 60 mins.