Official Selection - Out of Competition · 46th Edition
Good Boy
GOOD BOY
Director
Jan Komasa
Country
Poland, United Kingdom
Runtime
1 h 50 min
Language
English
Premiere
MENA premiere (Middle East and North Africa)
Synopsis
Nineteen-year-old hooligan Tommy is violently kidnapped by the well-to-do suburban family of Chris and Kathryn. Waking up chained in their basement, Tommy realizes the family intends to subject him to forced "rehabilitation" to turn him into a "good boy." He vehemently rejects this coercive process and seeks to escape the dysfunctional family unit. As time passes, Tommy begins to find common ground with his tormentors, but he soon understands that achieving independence will demand a significant and costly sacrifice.
Cast
Stephen Graham, Andrea Riseborough, Anson Boon, Kit Rakusen
Screenplay
Bartek Bartosik, Naqqash Khalid
Producers
Jeremy Thomas, Ewa Piaskowska, Jerzy Skolimowski
About the Director
He was born in Poznań, Poland, and graduated from the Łódź National Film School. His feature films include Suicide Room (2011), Warsaw 44 (2014), Corpus Christi (2019), which played the Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award in the Best International Film category, and The Hater (2020). Good Boy (2025) is his latest film.
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