Characters

The Child
Played by Julek, this young boy is the protagonist of the film. Julek has a dream of being a professional footballer, which is demonstrated to the audience by the mise en scene of his room, and his costume. This is easily identifiable for audiences, and enables us to foreshadow ideas of themes of dreams/reality/expectations/hope in a stereotypical way. By subverting this dream, we can (sub textually) create pathos for the boy as his dream is crushed dramatically after being kidnapped by the main antagonist - as even though they form a positive relationship.

Costume: Typically youthful at the start of the film. however as we see Julek's world collide with the kidnappers, the audience see Julek's clothes become more dirty, rugged and aged for example Julek's face will become dirty as opposed to him at the start when he had a clean face to represent his simplistic world however now his world has been corrupted.




The Kidnapper
Portrayed as somewhat of an omnipotent, malevolent antagonist. The kidnapper is dark character which takes Julek from his calm and comfortable place and changes everything around in Julek's life. Throughout the film, the kidnapper introduces Julek into the harsh world of sleeping roug, where the audience sees a relationship stem between the kidnapper and Julek. The kidnapper starts to see Julek as a younger brother, and due to their relationship, we see the downfall of Jakub's character. 

Costume: The kidnapper's costume consists of dark, basic working class type of clothing which reflects on his style of life. We chose to have kidnapper's clothing very dirty to show the audience that his from deceived background which his costume represents really well in the opening sequence.


The Mother
Anna Rzeczycka portrays the child's mother, and acts as his only link to his innocent childhood. Through his imagination and vivid dreams, she reminds the child of his past life which was so simple and calm, whereas now, Julek dragged is into a life of discontent and danger where his mother cannot help him.

Costume: We wanted the mother costume to represent the ideological view of a typical mother, and so decided to have Anna wearing casual jeans and a blouse, representing her femininity. It was also imperative to have Anna in a apron and to be cooking, as we believed that this would portray the stereotypical view of a woman caring for her child. We wanted the audience to see this through mother's costume allowing them to emathise with her experiences when her son is taken.