Day of the Wacko

Day of the Wacko (Polish: Dzień świra) is a 2002 Polish comedy-drama about a day in the life of Adaś Miauczyński, a frustrated, divorced, middle-aged teacher who suffers from OCD. Written and directed by Marek Koterski, the film stars Marek Kondrat, Janina Traczykówna, Andrzej Grabowski, Michał Koterski, Joanna Sienkiewicz, and Monika Donner-Trelińska.^[1][2] It is the sixth in a nine-part series of films about the character Miauczyński. Each story showcases a different aspect or era of his life, often with little continuity between them.

Day of the Wacko
Film poster
Polish	Dzień świra
Directed by	Marek Koterski
Written by	Marek Koterski
Screenplay by	Marek Koterski
Produced by	Juliusz Machulski Włodzimierz Otulak
Starring	Marek Kondrat Janina Traczykówna Andrzej Grabowski Michał Koterski Joanna Sienkiewicz Monika Donner-Trelińska
Cinematography	Jacek Bławut
Edited by	Ewa Smal
Music by	Jerzy Satanowski
Production companies	Studio Filmowe "Zebra" Vision Film Production Non Stop Film Service
Distributed by	Vision
Release date	7 June 2002 (2002-06-07)
Running time	93 minutes
Country	Poland
Language	Polish
Box office	$1,277,521

Among others, Day of the Wacko picked up several prizes at the 2003 Polish Film Awards: Kondrat won Best Actor in a Leading Role and Koterski Best Screenplay. At the 27th Polish Film Festival, Koterski was awarded a Golden Lion and the award of the Polish Filmmakers Association for "creative representation of reality"; Kondrat won Best Actor and Maria Chilarecka won for sound.^[3] The film received two Eagle Awards, for Best Leading Male Role and Best Screenplay.^[3] Day of the Wacko was also awarded the Prize of the President of the Association of Polish People of Film.^[4]

Cast

• Marek Kondrat as Adaś Miauczyński
• Janina Traczykówna as Adaś's mother
• Andrzej Grabowski as Rączka
• Michał Koterski as Sylwuś
• Joanna Sienkiewicz as Adaś's ex-wife
• Monika Donner-Trelińska as Ela