galeria filmu Silence

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)