The Hater

Director:Jan Komasa

Cinematography: Radosław Ładczuk

Production:Naima Film

TOMEK, A LAW STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW, IS CAUGHT CHEATING AND GETS EXPELLED. HOWEVER, HE DECIDES TO HIDE THE TRUTH AND STILL USE FINANCIAL AID FROM MR AND MRS KRASUCKI – PARENTS OF HIS CHILDHOOD FRIEND GABI. WHEN THE TRUTH COMES OUT, THE HUMILIATED MAN LOSES TRUST AND CORDIALITY TOWARDS HIS BENEFACTORS. FUELED BY RAGE AND REGRET, SEPARATED FROM GABI, WHO HE’S BEEN SECRETLY IN LOVE WITH FOR YEARS, HE PLANS A REVENGE ON THE KRASUCKIS. AN OPPORTUNITY COMES UP WHEN HE GETS A JOB AT AN ADVERTISEMENT COMPANY, WHICH GETS HIM ACCESS TO THE NEWEST TECHNOLOGIES AND THE SECRETS OF THE CITY’S ELITE. UNDER THE PRETENCE OF PROFESSIONAL OBLIGATIONS, TOMEK STARTS TO INVIGILATE THE KRASUCKIS, WHO ARE ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN A POLITICAL CAMPAIGN OF A CANDIDATE FOR CITY COUNCIL’S PRESIDENT – PAWEŁ RUDNICKI. SOON, THE INTERNET HATER’S PLAN GETS MORE AND MORE REAL AND THE WAY TO IT’S FULFILLMENT LEADS THROUGH THE VIRTUAL WORLD OF A COMPUTER GAME.