Silence 2001
Synopsis
Easter Monday 1978. A little boy, Simon, causes a car accident while playing with a group of friends. Magda\'s parents die in the crash. 23 years have since passed by. He is a railroad man, and she works in a cosmetic company. During a techno music party Magda meets Simon... Coincidence? Certainly not, because Simon – tormented by guilt – has been trying to find out something about her for twenty years. Initially reluctant, then more and more fascinated by her admirer, she takes an extraordinary journey into the past, to finally discover her true self...
Awards
2001 – Gdynia Film Festival – Award for Best Director (Michał Rosa)
2001 – Gdynia Film Festival – Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Kinga Preis)
2002 – Eagle, Polish Academy Award in the category: Best Actress in a Leading Role (Kinga Preis)
2002 – Karlovy Vary International Film Festival – Award of Ecumenical Jury
About
Year of production:
2001
Producer:
Juliusz Machulski
Executive Producer:
Jacek Moczydłowski
Genre:
drama
Premiere:
26-10-2001
Technical specs:
35 mm, color, 1: 1.66, dolby SRD digital, 94'
Production:
Zebra Film Studio
Co-production:
Canal+ Poland, ITI Cinema
Co-producer:
Paweł Mossakowski (Canal+), Małgorzata Retej (Canal+), Marek Trojak (ITI Cinema)
Co-financing:
Film Production Agency
Filmmakers
Directed by:
Michał Rosa
Written by:
Krzysztof Piesiewicz
Cinematography by:
Arkadiusz Tomiak
Edited by:
Małgorzata Orłowska
Music by:
Tomasz Stańko
Sound by:
Piotr Domaradzki
Set Decoration by:
Przemysław Kowalski
Costume Designer:
Magdalena Maciejewska
Production Manager:
Dariusz Sidor
Cast
Kinga Preis (Magdalena "Mimi"),
Bartosz Opania (Szymon),
Irena Burawska (grandmother Mimi),
Grażyna Walasek (Mimi\'s subordinate),
Magdalena Kuta (Stanisława, Mimi\'s subordinate),
Ilona Ostrowska (Mimi\'s friend),
Jolanta Fraszyńska (Mimi\'s friend),
Laura Konczarek (Ola, Mimi\'s doughter),
Mirosława Marcheluk (ophthalmologist),
Zuzanna Rezner (little Mimi),
Marek Kiemona (little Szymon),
Loretta Cichowicz (woman-worker),
Małgorzata Osiej-Gadzina (hairdresser),
Wojciech Walasik (bartender at techno club),
Jerzy Matula (worker),
Karolina Łukaszewicz (Mimi\'s Mimi\'s subordinate),
Beata Olga Kowalska (Mimi\'s secretary),
Tomasz Stańko (trumpeter at techno club),
Anna Grażyna Suchocka (hotel receptionist),
Jarosław Stypa (lover in toilet),
Mariusz Olbiński (factory duty manager),
Andrzej Słabiak (policeman),
Wojciech Kalarus (TV reporter ),
Przemysław Rezner (police fotographer),
Krzysztof Pulkowski (tattooist Max),
Agnieszka Dulęba-Kasza (technofan),
Magda Margulewicz (technofan),
Anita Jancia (technofan),
Urszula Bartos (technofan),
Anna Antonowicz (girl on see-saw),
Marta Handrykiewicz,
Marta Walesiak (technofan),
Sylwia Juszczak (technofan),
Agnieszka Greinert (technofan),
Małgorzata Flegel-Siedler (druggist),
Paweł Jatczak (gang member),
Sylwester Chorąziak (gang member),
Sebastian Kaźmierczak (gang member),
Arkadiusz Prorok (gang member),
Piotr Kopczyński (cloakroom attendant at techno club),
Konrad Tomaszewski,
Józef Kuczyński,
Paweł Mirowski (bartender)