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GIFFONI FILM FESTIVAL 2005 - 16.23 July

Sections & Films

ZHOOREK

Category: Edition 2005

Synopsis

Winter. A road with passing trucks across a small town and deserted railroad tracks nearby. This is where Halina and her daughter, Iwonka, 15 year-old, plod through the snow every day. They live in a hut by the tracks, the only inheritance from the husband and father, a railwayman who, after the station was closed down, committed suicide. Halina takes care of a baby that Iwonka gave birth to two months ago. Iwonka, a bit slow-witted, carefully guards the secret who the father of her son is. Halina swore on her husband’s grave to find the culript and baptize the baby before Christmas giving the boy his grandfather’s name. Iwonka constantly changes her mind as who the father is, getting herself and her mother into troubles. Their search intertwines with the secret of the suicide of Iwonka’s father. Those trips to discover the secret make Mother realize her hidden fears and give Daughter hope.

Original Title ŻUREK
Category Official Competition
Section Y Gen
Tipology Feature Film
Duration 70'
Production Year 2003
Nationality Poland
Directed by Ryszard Brylski
Screenplay Ryszard Brylski
Based on the book "Zurek" (short story)
by Olga Tokarczuk
Director of photography Arkadiusz Tomiak
Editor Jarosław Kamiński
Production Design Joanna Doroszkiewicz
Costume Design Maria Kostrzewska
Sound Andrzej Cecota
Music Michał Lorenc
Main cast Katarzyna Figura (Halina)
Natalia Rybicka (Iwonka)
Zbigniew Zamachowski (Matuszek)
Marek Kasprzyk (Władek)
Hanna Polk (Matuszkowa)
Andrzej Niemirski (Pedzelek)
Produced by Andrzej Serdiukow
Access

zhoorek regRyszard Brylski

He was born in 1950 in Glowno (Poland) and graduated from the State Higher School of Fine Arts in 1975 and from the State Higher School of Film, Television and Theater in Łodź in 1982. He made his feature film debut with DEBORAH (1995), which won the Grand Prix at the International Film Festival in Terlice in 1996. Between 2000 and 2003 he directed the TV series A PRESBYTERY (PLEBANIA). ZHOOREK brought him a number of important awards at the 28th Polish Film Festival in Gdynia. A special prize, awarded by the public, was the Main Prize for the best feature film at the National Film Art Festival “Provincjonalia” 2004.

 

Director’s statement

“It is a film searching for a proportion between good and bad in their universal dimensions and shows how ephemeral are the boundary lines applied here”.

Produzione
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