Breaking the Limits

Breaking the Limits
Theatrical release poster
Polish	Najlepszy
Directed by	Łukasz Palkowski
Written by	Agatha Dominik Maciej Karpiński
Produced by	Krzysztof Szpetmański
Starring	Jakub Gierszał
Cinematography	Piotr Sobociński Jr.
Edited by	Jarosław Barzan
Music by	Bartosz Chajdecki
Production companies	Iron Films Polsat Odra-Film Lutetia Cavatina Studio Monternia.pl
Distributed by	Mówi Serwis
Release dates	21 September 2017 (2017-09-21) (Gdynia Film Festival) 17 November 2017 (2017-11-17) (Poland)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	Poland
Language	Polish

Breaking the Limits (Polish: Najlepszy) is a 2017 Polish biographical film directed by Łukasz Palkowski about the life of Jerzy Górski. The film stars Jakub Gierszał as Górski. Film shows how Gorski manage to win the double Iron Man triathlon after years of being drug addict. In this inspirational film we get to know Gorski from the very beginning, at the onset of his addition to drugs. But along with rising action, main character becomes more and more addicted and lose his best friend and soon, a lover. It's during the second half of movie when he decides to change and fight his demons. For his mother, himself, new lover and most important his daughter which was left without mother after his girlfriend died from overdose. However leaving your addiction is much more harder than winning the biggest triathlon...

Cast[]

• Jakub Gierszał as Jerzy Górski
•  [pl] as Ewa Meller
• Anna Próchniak as Grażyna
• Arkadiusz Jakubik as swimming pool manager
• Janusz Gajos as Marek Kotański
• Artur Żmijewski as Jerzy's father
• Magdalena Cielecka as Jerzy's mother
• Adam Woronowicz as Grażyna's father
• Szymon Piotr Warszawski as Paweł
• Mateusz Kościukiewicz as Andrzej
• Tomasz Kot as Okoń
• Delfina Wilkońska as Halina
• Jakub Zając as Krzysiek
• Zbigniew Paterak as Wolski

Awards[]

The film has won a total of six awards at the 42nd Polish Film Festival in Gdynia.

External links[]

• Breaking the Limits at IMDb
• Breaking the Limits at Rotten Tomatoes

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