Woman on the Roof

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Kobieta na dachu

Polish Films Competition

Cinematographer: Ita Zbroniec-Zajt

Director: Anna Jadowska

Producer: Maria Blicharska

Writer: Anna Jadowska

Production designer: Anna Pabisiak

Editor: Julia Gregory, Piotr Kmiecik

Cast: Adam Bobik, Bogdan Koca, Dorota Pomykała

Production Company: Blick Productions, Donten & Lacroix Films, Garagefilm International AB

Year: 2022

Country: Poland, France, Sweden

Time: 97

Date and place:

2022.11.17, 10:00CKK Jordanki - Main Screening Room

Mira Napieralska - a highly regarded midwife of pre-retirement age - lives with her husband and around thirty years old son. Over the years, the ties in this family have apparently loosened, although the son shows Mira a bit more empathy and understanding than her husband. The morning begins trivially: Mira busies herself with her daily household chores and after leaving home makes a small purchase at a pet store. Then, unexpectedly, she decides to do something that no one would expect from an elderly woman. This desperate step, even before we know the reasons for it, will have serious legal consequences, and will also begin to leave its mark on family relations, professional career and the protagonist’s psycho-emotional state. The sensational plot twist of Woman on the Roof becomes a starting point for an existential drama: a study of the life catastrophe a person can be driven into by a sense of loneliness among loved ones, and thus helplessness in the face of a difficult situation.

Polish Films Competition