My Own Pole

My Own Pole
  • Release date: 25 Oct 2013
  • Release year: 2011
  • Runtime: 93 minutes
  • Country: Poland
  • Keywords: father son relationship, teenage boy, cemetery, death, based on true story
Plot:
My Pole is a film about the youngest conqueror of both of Earth's Poles - Johnny Mela. The boy who witnessed his younger brother's death and a few years later had his arm amputated as a result of a severe electric shock lived through a total nervous breakdown. A broken family with a toxic father left the boy with no hope for a brighter future. It all changed when the father-son relationship eventually lead to what first seemed impossible: an amazing physical achievement by a disabled person - reaching the Pole.
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