Touch Me

Colour, 35 mm
Poland, 2003, 82 min
Section: East of the West

Synopsis

Lodz. Film school grads Sylwek and Piotrek live in a dilapidated apartment squat and can’t seem to scrounge up a job. They appear in a stupid commercial, and in the evening they stare through windows at others’ lives. The young men head for the unemployment office but there is nothing on offer. They go to a department store to visit their friend Wojtek, a mini-sauna salesman. In the evening the guys invade a local sex joint. Sylwek then cruelly humiliates his admirer, the teenage Karolina. Anna is in conflict with her mother Ewa and her mom’s partner. Policeman Grzegorz comes to calm the arguing family and becomes enchanted by the neurotic Ewa. He determines to arrange a meeting with her. After being chased off the nighttime streets by Grzegorz, Anna tries out her feminine wiles on the pragmatic Wojtek. Sylwek and Piotrek have nothing to do, no place to be. Grzegorz continues to seek out Ewa, Anna continues seeking a sexual experience...

About the director

Anna Jadowska (b. 1973, Oleśnica) graduated in Polish language and literature from Wroclaw University; since 1999 she has been studying direction at Lodź National Film, Television & Theatre School (PWSFTViT). She has shot the shorts A Boy and a Girl (Chłopak i dziewczyna, 2000), Golden Shoes (Złote pantofelki, 2002) and the documentaries A Couple in Love (Zakochana para, 2001) and Holidays in Sucha (Wakacje na Suchej, 2002).

Ewa Stankiewicz (b. 1967, Wroclaw) graduated in Polish language and literature from Wroclaw University and in direction from Lodź National Film, Television & Theatre School (PWSFTViT). She has worked in television and radio (Radio Wrocław, Delta Air Lines, Radio Des Droits de Homme-Paris), winning various awards for her radio broadcasts. Her filmography includes the shorts A Prayer for Random People (Modlitwa za przypadkowych kurzi), Acquaintances by Sight (Znajomi z widzenia), Tram People (Tramwajowi ludzie), and the documentaries Stupid Riddles (Głupie zagadki) and Division Marketing (Dywizja marketing).