Przemysław Wojcieszek : 2012
Secret
Ksawery and Karolina are visiting Jan in the country. Ksawery is a dancer who performs as a drag queen and Karolina is his agent. Jan is Ksawery's grandfather. Ksawery is gay, Karolina Jewish. Jan, over 80, is a former resistance soldier but guards a dark secret from the time of the Holocaust. Karolina knows that the house witnessed a murder which has gone unpunished for seventy years and she wants answers. Ksawery's love for his grandfather is in conflict with his urge to find out what happened back then. Identity here is composed of different layers that do not always harmonise according to background and allegiance. The film taps into the seam of our identity that is passed on by preceding generations, a process that can hurt but also heal. In experimental form, it immerses us in a questioning of individual and collective identities which goes far beyond the historical aspect – there may be no answers, but the questions resonate long after. The film premiered at Berlin International Film Festival 2012.
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