The Conversation / Rozmowa

Running time: 16'

POL 2011, 16’

Agnieszka and Janusz got to know each other by letter while serving the many years of their sentences. They have established a very strong bond. Agnieszka is already allowed out on leave, having served eight years of her long sentence for premeditated murder. “The Conversation” takes place while she’s on leave. That is when she gets to see Janusz for the first time (on a monitor). The screen, divided into two parts, becomes a metaphor for their situation. Agnieszka was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment, Janusz has a life sentence.

 

Authors:

  • Piotr Sułkowski

    Piotr Sułkowski graduated in Ethnology at Warsaw University and studied at the National Polish Film School in Łódź. Tales of love and death: these classical themes are treated with the graveness of an adult and yet with the curiosity of a child. If not always “politically correct”, his somewhat disturbing films bear witness to a quest for Truth – dark as it may be. In his probing of the human soul and its profound reasons, the scenery or setting reflects the characters’ state of mind, while the refined framing, depth of field, juxtapo sition of images and camera movements suggest a parallel reality, close to the realm of dreams.

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