Tatarak
feature film, Poland, 2009
DIRECTED BY: Andrzej Wajda
CAST:
Krystyna Janda (Marta),
Pawel Szajda (Bogus),
Jan Englert
SCRIPT:
Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz,
Krystyna Janda
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Pawel Edelman
Synopsis:
Middle aged Marta (Krystyna Janda), a doctor’s wife in a small town, is not aware that she is in her final stage of a grave illness. One day she meets the much younger Bogus (Paweł Szajda) who fascinates her with his youth and simplicity. Their innocent meetings at the river bank, marked by mutual fascination, get interrupted by a sudden cruel twist of fate.
Besides many nominations at film festivals around the world, this film won the European award of film critics and the Alfred Bauer award in Berlin in 2009.
color, digital, 85 min