Crossing Europe

Scratch

1 hr. 38 min. | N/A

- MES KARTU JAU KETURIASDEŠIMT METŲ, AŠ VALIAU MŪSŲ VAIKO UŽPAKALĮ, DIRBAUNELEGALIAI, TURĖJAU TRIS DARBUS. AŠ VALIAU, SKALBIAU, ŠOKAU SU TAVIMI, GĖRIAU SUTAVIMI IR MIEGOJAU SU TAVIMI. IR PO VISO TO, VIS VIEN MANIMI ABEJOJI?

Joanna and Jan have been together for many years, but their tranquil marriage is put to the test when Joanna discovers that her husband may have been collaborating with the secret police during the former regime and even informing on Joanna’s father, a famous pre-war politician. Joanna is determined to find out just who her husband really is, a man she has lived happily with for thirty years. The story unfolds over the space of one year and is set in contemporary Cracow.“This is not a political film. I observe people rather than mechanisms. I am telling the story because I wish to understand rather than give my verdict”, – says director Michał Rosa.

Michał Rosa

Michał Rosa

Michał Rosa (b. 1963, Poland) studied architecture and then film direction at the University of Silesia in Katowice, where he has also been lecturing since the mid-1990s. For his film “Military Games” (1991) he was nominated for a student Oscar. The film “Hot Thursday” (1994) was awarded Best Debut in 1993 at the festival in Gdynia. He received a number of domestic awards in 1997 for his feature “Paint” (1997). The film “Silence” (2001) was screened in competition at the Karlovy Vary IFF in 2002, where it won the Ecumenical Jury Award. His most recent work – “Scratch”.
Subtitles
Lithuanian, English
Original title
Rysa
Produced
2008: Poland

Film information

Director
Michał Rosa
Screenplay
Michał Rosa
Music
Stanislaw Radwan
Cinematography
Marcin Koszalka
Cast
Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak, Krzysztof Stroinski, Ewa Telega, Miroslawa Marchelu
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