The Dark Side of Venus 1997
Synopsis
Ewa is a beautiful and happily married woman. One day, however, she is visited by a woman who claims to be having an affair with her husband. Getting a shock of hearing this, Ewa faints. She doesn\'t know whether to believe it or not, yet from now on her life gets complicated. Later on, the two women meet again. After their conversation, Ewa starts a row with her husband, resulting in her attempt at suicide. She is saved by a young man with whom she soon gets involved in an affair. However, left by her husband she feels a deep void in her life.
Awards
1992 – Warsaw Mermaid Award of the Film Critics Club of the Polish Journalists Association in the category of feature film
About
Year of production:
1997
Producer:
Janusz Morgenstern
Genre:
psychological drama
Premiere:
10-07-1998
Technical specs:
Color, 88 min.
Production:
Co-financing:
Film Production Agency
Filmmakers
Directed by:
Radosław Piwowarski
Written by:
Agnieszka Holland, Andrzej Wajda
Cinematography by:
Grzegorz Kuczeriszka
Edited by:
Jarosław Ostanówko
Music by:
Krzesimir Dębski
Sound by:
Marek Wronko, Paweł Łuczyc-Wyhowski
Set Decoration by:
Dorota Ignaczak, Marian Zawaliński
Costume Designer:
Małgorzata Obłoza
Production Manager:
Jerzy Kajetan Frykowski
Cast
Jolanta Fraszyńska (Bianka),
Agata Piotrowska (Paulina),
Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska (girls\' mother),
Jan Englert (Wincenty, girls\' father),
Magdalena Zawadzka (auntie Aniela),
Henryk Bista (grandfather),
Joanna Wizmur (cook),
Bartosz Opania (Beniamin),
Tomasz Lulek (oficer),
Ewa Ziętek (chef),
Bohdana Majda (Beniamin\'s auntie),
Jacek Wójcicki (singer),
Edward Wojtaszek (lancer),
Grzegorz Skurski (legionaries\' operator),
Andrzej Mastalerz (operator\'s assistant),
Aleksandra Domańska (auntie\'s friend),
Krystyna Wachelko-Zaleska (Bianka\'s cousin),
Piotr Dobrowolski (Bianka\'s cousin),
Krzysztof Magowski (landholder),
Dariusz Sikorski (pierrot),
Małgorzata Kuta (governess),
Danuta Borsuk (gypsy woman),
Andrzej Szenajch (officer),
Maria Zachwatowicz (little Bianka),
Aneta Szymczak (little Paulina),
Jordan Babula (little Beniamin),
Justyna Sobolewska (visito at picnic),
Tadeusz Sobolewski (visito at picnic),
Piotr Łazarkiewicz (accompanist).