Febiofest 2018 | Opera About Poland

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Director:Piotr Stasik
Cast:Wojciech Kalarus, Piotr Kędzierski, Dominika Knapik
Length:41 minutes
Genre:Documentary

Febiofest 2018 | Opera About Poland

Opera o Polsce; Piotr Stasik, 2017, OV + eST + AT; Piotr Stasik, 2017, versions: OR,SS,ES,

Director: Piotr Stasik • Scenario: Piotr Stasik • Camera: Piotr Stasik, Adam Palenta, Barbara Kaniewska, Paweł Chorzępa, Piotr Rosołowski, Małgorzata Szyłak, Piotr Pawlus, Kacper Kowalski • Haircut: Dorota Wardeszkiewicz, Piotr Stasik • Music: Artur Zagajewski • Cast: Wojciech Kalarus, Piotr Kędzierski, Dominika Knapik

A travelogue collage in search of Polish identity in an uncertain world. A carefully composed dream about the unfound unity of nation, old injustices and moments of glory that fade away under the burden of petty thoughts and the fear of non-existent enemies. A selection of period footage, newspaper articles, and bitterly current citations from the internet are mixed with journal entries by the author Andrzej Stasiuk to create a personal reflection of events. The staged portraits of ordinary Poles set to a tension-filled disharmonic operatic soundtrack at first seems like a series of unrelated images and thoughts, but they slowly come together to form a portrait of the soul of the Polish nation. Opera About Poland was awarded as Best Central and Eastern European Documentary Film at Ji.hlava IDFF 2017. (source: Ji.hlava IDFF)

Legend:
eST - electronic slovak subtitles

Length: 41 min

Year: 2017

Country of origin:

  • Poland

Language version:

OR - Original version
SS - Slovak subtitles
ES - English subtitles

Director: Piotr Stasik • Scenario: Piotr Stasik • Camera: Piotr Stasik, Adam Palenta, Barbara Kaniewska, Paweł Chorzępa, Piotr Rosołowski, Małgorzata Szyłak, Piotr Pawlus, Kacper Kowalski • Haircut: Dorota Wardeszkiewicz, Piotr Stasik • Music: Artur Zagajewski • Cast: Wojciech Kalarus, Piotr Kędzierski, Dominika Knapik

A travelogue collage in search of Polish identity in an uncertain world. A carefully composed dream about the unfound unity of nation, old injustices and moments of glory that fade away under the burden of petty thoughts and the fear of non-existent enemies. A selection of period footage, newspaper articles, and bitterly current citations from the internet are mixed with journal entries by the author Andrzej Stasiuk to create a personal reflection of events. The staged portraits of ordinary Poles set to a tension-filled disharmonic operatic soundtrack at first seems like a series of unrelated images and thoughts, but they slowly come together to form a portrait of the soul of the Polish nation. Opera About Poland was awarded as Best Central and Eastern European Documentary Film at Ji.hlava IDFF 2017. (source: Ji.hlava IDFF)

Legend:
eST - electronic slovak subtitles

Year: 2017

Country of origin:

  • Poland

Language version:

OR - Original version
SS - Slovak subtitles
ES - English subtitles