Archive of films Fools / Głupcy

Poland / Romania / Germany
2022, 109 min

Section: Proxima Competition
Year: 2022

Marlena (62) and Tomasz (42) are living contentedly in a house on the coast, wrapped up in their own little world. But their cosy existence is turned upside down by Marlena’s decision to bring home her sick son… In his unsettling family drama Tomasz Wasilewski concentrates on compelling visual stylisation and a detached narrative form, while the carefully composed images well illustrate the protagonists’ inner struggle.


Synopsis

Marlena (62) and Tomasz (42) are living contentedly in a house on the coast, wrapped up in their own little world. But their cosy existence is turned upside down by Marlena’s decision to bring home her sick son… After the triumph of his previous film United States of Love, awarded at the Berlinale, Tomasz Wasilewski continues to develop his original directorial craft in his fourth outing, an unsettling family drama. Here he concentrates on compelling visual stylisation and a somewhat detached narrative form. The carefully composed images which successfully illustrate the protagonists’ inner struggle are the end result of Wasilewski’s second collaboration with respected Romanian cinematographer Oleg Mutu.

Lenka Tyrpáková

About the director

Tomasz Wasilewski

Tomasz Wasilewski (1980, Toruń, Poland). Selected filmography: In a Bedroom (W sypialni, 2012), Floating Skyscrapers (Płynące wieżowce, 2013), United States of Love (Zjednoczone stany miłości, 2016), Fools (Głupcy, 2022).

Contacts

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Publicity contact

Brigitta Portier
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www: www.alibicommunications.be

Gary Walsh
bergstraat, 3010, Kessel Lo
Belgium
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www: alibicommunications.be

About the film

Barevný, DCP
World premiéra

Section: Proxima Competition
   
Director: Tomasz Wasilewski
Screenplay: Tomasz Wasilewski
Dir. of Photography: Oleg Mutu
Sound: Maciej Pawłowski, Ilja Koster
Editor: Beata Walentowska
Art Director: Katarzyna Sobańska, Marcel Sławiński
Producer: Ewa Puszczyńska
Production: Extreme Emotions
Coproduction: Micro Film, Achtung Panda
Cast: Dorota Kolak, Łukasz Simlat, Tomasz Tyndyk, Katarzyna Herman, Marta Nieradkiewicz
Sales: New Europe Film Sales
Contact: Brigitta Portier, Gary Walsh

Guests

Tomasz Wasilewski

Film Director

Dorota Kolak

Actress


Katarzyna Herman

Actress

Ewa Puszczynska

Producer


Katarzyna Sobańska

Production Designer

Marcel Sławiński

Production Designer


Małgorzata Bereźnicka

Production Manager

Beata Walentowska

Film Editor


Brigitta Portier

Publicist

Gary Walsh

Publicist


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