Just Like Heaven

Colour, BETA SP
Poland, 2008, 25 min
IP – International premiere
Section: Documentary Films in Competition

Synopsis

“For me, a life of luxury means to be contented with what I’ve got. I don’t need a stupid microwave or television,” says Dutch girl Jeanet, who decided to live with her Polish boyfriend Raul in a God-forsaken corner of northern Poland. Director Filip Marczewski took it upon himself to record the life of this young couple for several months, a life spent in the middle of a wonderful but harsh natural landscape. Going against the exodus of young people heading for the West, Jeanet and Raul set off in the opposite direction. A simple, yet convincing film which also offers an interesting probe into the kind of life rural Poland has to offer.

About the director

Filip Marczewski (b. 1974, Łódź, Poland) graduated from Warsaw University and studied direction at PWSFTViT in Łódź in 2002. He worked as assistant director to Lech Majewski, Leszek Dawid and also his father Wojciech Marczewski. He has received more than 40 international awards for his films; his short feature film Melodrama was nominated for a student Oscar in 2006. His film Poor-Land was screened in the short documentary competition at the KVIFF in 2005.