Archive of films Poor - Land / Bieda - zemia
Poland
2004, 5 min
Section:
Documentary Films - Competition
Year: 2005
Scenes of coalseams and snow-capped heaps eloquently illustrate the succinct communication conveyed in the closing message of the film. Around 5,000 unemployed labourers are illegally mining coal in the closed-down mines near Walbrzych. Some of them even die there.
Synopsis
The dusky light floods the tired faces of men working in the deep coalseams. Pick-axes flicker, coal pours from shovels into tin buckets. More men take them out and transfer the coal to sacks. The men warm up food by a small fire. The flickering flames drive away the darkness and reveal the bitter creases on their scowling faces.... The closing title states that around 5,000 unemployed labourers are illegally mining coal in the closed-down mines near Walbrzych. Some of them die there.
About the director
Filip Marczewski is a student of the Lodz Film School (PWSFTViT). Last year the Polish Feature Film Festival in Gdynia screened his student film Cyrano (2004), about actors from a provincial theatre, which maintains that no one has the right to rid people of their illusions.
Contacts
Polish National Filmschool Lodz
Targowa 61/63, 90-323, Lodz
Poland
Tel: +48 426 345 820
Fax: +48 426 345 928
E-mail: [email protected]
www: www.filmschool.lodz.pl
About the film
Color, 35 mm
Section: | Documentary Films - Competition |
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Director: | Filip Marczewski |
Screenplay: | Filip Marczewski |
Dir. of Photography: | Szymon Lenkowski |
Music: | Dave Mevson |
Editor: | Boguslawa Furga, Rafal Listopad |
Producer: | Andrzej Bednarek |
Production: | Polish National Filmschool Lodz |
Contact: | Polish National Filmschool Lodz |
Guests
Filip Marczewski
Film Director