Eleven-year-old Brzucho (Bellyboy) is picked on becuase of his weight. Instead of dealing with their problematic relationship, his parents focus on their son's weight and put him on a diet. The boy finds his own way to cope but keeps it a secret. With time, he reveals his secret to his friend, a young girl named Mysza with whom he is slowly falling in love. "A story about the difficulties of opening up in front of another person, and about how easy is it to lose confidence in someone, the tale of the first fascination and disappointment." Kuba Czekaj, the director about his film,
Twist & Blood moves the omitted topic of autoaggression in children. Even though , we well know the causes: lack of acceptance, love. We don't speak loudly about that [...] I decided to make a film about a boy, who tries to rescue himself this way from the world not accepting him.
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