Savior's Square 2006
Synopsis
"Savior\'s Square" is a story which shows the crisis of the contemporary family life. Young couple in their thirties, with two children, is about to get the keys to their long-awaited new flat. In order to save some money, for the last few months the whole four move into the flat of the husband\'s mother. The tragedy begins when it turns out that their developer went bankrupt. Consequently, they lose their chance to obtain the new flat. To cap it all, they fall into huge debts. They start to blame each other and dig up some dirt from the past. There must be someone responsible for all this undeserved harm.
Awards
2006 – Gdynia Film Festival – Grand Prix (Grand Jury Award Golden Lion)
2006 – Gdynia Film Festival – Award of The President of The Republic of Poland for \'special social conscience\'
2006 – Gdynia Film Festival – Best Actress (Jowita Budnik)
2006 – Gdynia Film Festival – Best Supporting Actress (Ewa Wencel)
2006 – Gdynia Film Festival – Best Film Score (Paweł Szymański)
2006 – Gdynia Film Festival – Journalists Award
2006 – Gdynia Film Festival – the Award of the President of Polish Television
2006 – International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography "Plus Camerimage", Bydgoszcz – Grand Prize in the Polish Films Competition (Wojciech Staroń)
2007 – Golden Tape (granted by the Writers Circle of the Polish Filmmakers Association) – in the category: Polish film of 2006
2007 – Nationwide Festival of the Film Art "Prowincjonalia" in Września – Jańcio Wodnik Main Prize
2007 – Nationwide Festival of the Film Art "Prowincjonalia" in Września – Best Actress (Ewa Wencel)
2007 – Eagle, Polish Academy Award for Best Film
2007 – Eagle, Polish Academy Award for Best Direction (Krzysztof Krauze)
2007 – Eagle, Polish Academy Award for Best Direction (Joanna Kos-Krauze)
2007 – Eagle, Polish Academy Award for Best Actress (Jowita Budnik)
2007 – Eagle, Polish Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Ewa Wencel)
2007 – TVP Kultura Award in the category of film
2007 – Tarnów (Tarnów Film Award) – Audience Award
2007 – Tarnów (Tarnów Film Award) – Radio Reporters Award
2007 – China Golden Rooster & Hundred Flowers Film Festival, Sozhou – Best Director (Krzysztof Krauze)
2007 – China Golden Rooster & Hundred Flowers Film Festival, Sozhou – Best Director (Joanna Kos-Krauze)
2007 – Valladolid International Film Festival – Silver Ear Award
2007 – Valladolid International Film Festival – Best Actress (Jowita Budnik)
2008 – Trieste Film Festival – Grand Prize
2008 – Seattle Polish Film Festival – Best Drama
2008 – International Film Forum "Golden Knight", Moscow – Best Supporting Actress (Ewa Wencel)
2009 – International Women\'s Film Festival, Zimbabwe – Best Screenplay (Joanna Kos-Krauze)
2009 – International Women\'s Film Festival, Zimbabwe – Best Screenplay (Krzysztof Krauze)
About
Year of production:
2006
Producer:
Juliusz Machulski
Executive Producer:
Wojciech Danowski
Genre:
drama
Premiere:
08-09-2006
Technical specs:
Color, 105 min.
Admissions:
127 307
Production:
Zebra Film Studio, Polish Television TVP S.A. - Film Agency, Canal+ Poland
Co-financing:
Polish Film Institute
Filmmakers
Directed by:
Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze
Written by:
Joanna Kos-Krauze, Krzysztof Krauze
Cinematography by:
Wojciech Staroń
Edited by:
Krzysztof Szpetmański
Music by:
Paweł Szymański
Sound by:
Nikodem Wołk-Łaniewski
Set Decoration by:
Monika Sajko-Gradowska
Costume Designer:
Dorota Roqueplo
Production Manager:
Jan Kaczmarski
Cast
Jowita Budnik (Beata Zielińska),
Arkadiusz Janiczek (Bartek Zieliński, Beata\'s husband),
Ewa Wencel (Teresa Zielińska, Bartek\'s mother),
Dawid Gudejko (Dawid Zieliński, son of Beata and Bartek),
Natan Gudejko (Adrian Zieliński, son of Beata and Bartek),
Beata Tyszkiewicz (as herself – actress in the garden at Savior\'s Square),
Beata Fudalej (Edyta, the Zielińskis\' neighbor),
Małgorzata Rudzka (Ola, Bartek\'s mistress),
Zina Kerste (Hania, Beata\'s friend),
Aleksander Mikołajczak (Andrzej, Teresa\'s friend),
Zuzanna Lipiec (Irena, Beata\'s sister),
Krzysztof Bochenek (Wiktor, Beata\'s brother-in-law),
Witold Wieliński (Witek, Beata\'s friend from the countryside),
Krystyna Starościk-Labuda (Alicja, Teresa\'s friend),
Maciej Wojdyła (Jerzyk, Bartek\'s friend),
Ryszard Mróz (building site administrator),
Halina Bednarz (owner of the hall under construction),
Maja Meissner (boutique owner),
Jerzy Gudejko (head of the homeowner association),
Sławomir Jóźwik (member of the homeowner association),
Andrzej Dębski (member of the homeowner association),
Dariusz Pick (man at the homeowner association meeting),
Waldemar Kowalski (man at the homeowner association meeting),
Joanna Gromel (Teresa\'s colleague from work),
Ewa Złotowska (Teresa\'s colleague from work),
Katarzyna Zielińska (woman at Hania\'s party),
Tomasz Włodarczyk (man at Hania\'s party),
Maciej Kowalczuk (man at Hania\'s party),
Robert Ostolski (Mariusz, Bartek\'s partner),
Piotr Nowak (Piotr, Bartek\'s colleague from work),
Wojciech Kowman (man in the car),
Jarosław Budnik (Jeremi, man at Hania\'s party),
Grażyna Petrycka (judge presiding at Beata\'s trial),
Joanna Kos-Krauze (prosecutor),
Marta Kownacka-Chyra (girl with castanets),
Joanna Stankiewicz-Damięcka (clerk at the employment agency),
Magdalena Gnatowska (stallholder),
Adam Szyszkowski (stallholder\'s husband),
Piotr Miazga (waiter),
Marcin Łomnicki (inspector),
Grażyna Gudejko (photographer),
Hanna Kochańska (reporter),
Klaudia Trzcińska (Iza),
Michał Kos (Staś, Irena\'s son),
Julia Andrzejuk (Julka, Edyta\'s daughter)