Edition : Poland 2017

 

FUGUE

Fuga

Production: Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden
Production Companies: MD4, Axman Production, CommonGround Pictures, Odra-Film, Mazowlecki i Warszawski Fundusz Filmowy, Magic Lab, Film i Väst
World Premiere: Cannes Critic’s Week – May 2018

Synopsis

Team

Alicja suffers from memory loss and has rebuilt her own free spirited way of life. Two years later, she returns to her family and unwillingly resumes her role as wife, mother and daughter.

Her estranged husband and son do not recognize this woman who looks familiar, but behaves like a stranger. Feelings of alienation, love and revelations rekindle her interior flame.

Fugue evokes the social taboos around motherhood and the pressure on women to accept maternity without hesitation or reflection, as though the biological capacity of giving birth means that every woman should be willing to be a mother.

CREDITS 

Director: Agnieszka Smoczyńska
Writer: Gabriela Muskała
EditorJarosław Kamiński PSM
Director of photographyJakub Kijowski PSC
ProducerAgnieszka Kurzydło -MD4
Sales: Alpha Violet
Length: 103 min.
Colour: Colour