page_title: Walesa: Man of Hope
section_title: Background
hierarchical_section_title: Walesa: Man of Hope / Background
caption_attribution_description: Polski: PL Wałęsa movie première in Grand Theatre in Warsaw
context_page_description: Walesa: Man of Hope is a 2013 Polish biopic film directed by Andrzej Wajda, starring Robert Więckiewicz as Lech Wałęsa. Wajda stated at Kraków's Off Plus Camera Film Festival in April 2012 that he foresaw trouble following the film's release. The film was selected as the Polish entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 86th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
context_section_description: In April 2011, Wajda said to The Guardian that he intended to make a film to "shine new light on Lech Wałęsa", while author Janusz Głowacki said the film "is not just going to be romanticism. There will be irony, too. Don't worry." Wajda also declared at a press conference that the Nobel laureate and former president of Poland had condoned the project.
  Wajda stated that he considered the film the most difficult professional challenge of his filmmaking career thus far. However, he showed a realisation of the categorical imperative and quoted the famous slogan of Wałęsa, a personal friend: "Nie chcę, ale muszę" ("I don’t want to, but I have to").
  Monica Bellucci was considered for the role of Oriana Fallaci, but Maria Rosaria Omaggio was finally selected.
caption: The movie premiere at the Grand Theatre in Warsaw
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