My Nikifor
2004 · 95 MIN · IMDB 6.7 · 881 VOTES · DIR. Krzysztof Krauze
Overview
From his birth in 1895 through his death in 1968, the gifted Polish naïve artist Nikifor Krynicki (AKA Epifan Drowniak) lived his life and eked out a career cloaked in obscurity - a casualty of both his extreme speech impediment (his tongue was attached to the roof of his mouth, which prompted others to errantly tag him as mentally incapacitated) and his self-effacing decision to sell the majority of his work for meager amounts. Krzysztof Krauze's biopic My Nikifor travels to the tail end of Krynicki's (Krystyna Feldman) life journey, dramatizing the period that surrounded his interaction with the well-established artist Marian Wlosinski (Roman Gancarczyk).
Dialogue Timeline — 602 lines
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00:01:01 Where were you Sep. 16 this year?
00:06:57 Well... I'm to be the boss of the Culture Dept.
00:09:12 A sleepy man... like me.
00:13:05 He could've painted me facing forward.
00:17:09 - He has hooves... and a tail. - You too...
00:21:14 And your father?
00:23:20 Grooming for a wedding, huh?
00:26:44 He sits around here for days, yes? Eats two lunches a day?
00:28:59 All I know is hearsay. And folks tell different things.
00:32:38 Ewa asked me yesterday: "Will Nikifor move in with us?".
00:37:24 You will. Nobody will stop you.
00:41:30 You ill? ...ill?
00:45:00 Artists are a dime a dozen in Kraków, you know.
00:49:11 - All right... - Bricks are out of place.
00:55:41 When?
00:59:24 Nikifor, if a painter wants to paint, he must be healthy.
01:01:58 This is from the shoemaker. I've had your black shoes soled.
01:07:27 - I can't rent you any more. - Why?
01:09:34 ...and is very sad.
01:13:18 - You'll always carry me. - Oh, sure.
01:16:19 - Please remind me... - Marian Wlosinski.
01:19:11 It's all wrong. Rich visitors.
01:21:34 - In heaven. - Yes, there are.
01:28:08 Dr. Rosen called...