2012 Directed by: Maria Sadowska

Work-in-progress

Synopsis

Halina, a modest cashyer in a chain store is dreaming of  a better life for herself and her gifted  13 years old daughter-Misia. She soon gets her chance as Halina becomes the store manager. She discovers that the price for a higher salary and a better standard of living is dishonesty, manipulation and deceit. She turns from victim to villain to her former cashyer friends. She is so consumed with her work that she failes to notice her daughter’s addiction to computer games.

She will soon have to start her journey for forgiveness…

Director's statement

The Polish reality, with its rampant capitalism and consumerism is alarmingly absurd. And it is this absurdity of the situation that I wish to display in my film. Our character lives in a small town, leading a part of her life in a narrow world of a supermarket. She is the key to building the feel of this story – one of a hopeless situation, a sort of mental and physical claustrophobia. There will be no objective-“allknowing” camera here, nor a director – narrator. We will only concentrate on the character of a lost woman, with a newly awakened fighting spirit. And it is through her eyes that we will perceive this brutal and, at times, beautiful world.  

 

 

Maria Sadowska

Maria Sadowska - director, singer, composer, producer . A graduate of the Academy of Film and TV in Warsaw and Film&TV Directing Department of  PWSFTviT in Lodz. Her student feature film entitled ‘Wings’ was shown at numerous international film festival  such as: Moscow, Taipei, Bologna, Barcelona, Istanbul or Paris. Her other movies include: ‘Interrogation’, ‘A moment before…’, ‘A couple scenes from the life of an artist’, ‘Who am I still’, and ‘Love me a little…’ Co-director of  “Demaquillage”- an omnibus film consisting of three episodes, in which young female directors portray contemporary life.