Jaskółka

Bartosz Warwas : 2013
The Caged Swallow

Agnieszka Jaskółka cannot stand her last name, which she has always associated with the memorable hit song by Stan Borys. For many Poles, that song was a symbol of the fight against an oppressive system, but for Agnieszka, it is a reminder of her unhappy childhood alongside her frustrated father. The talentless singer puts all of his unfulfilled ambitions on his daughter's shoulders, and he treats her with a combination of sensitivity and attacks of aggression. With time, he abandons his passion for music and replaces it with fanatical religiosity. Agnieszka discovers that one of the reasons for this change might have been a shocking secret from the past. Something that happened which left an unconscious imprint on the life of the then 9-year-old girl. Visiting her father years later, Agnieszka, with her daughter Nina, returns to her hometown to reconcile with her father. This trip will be a journey in time, during which Agnieszka will relive those events of thirty years before. A film about confronting the demons of the past and the capricious nature of memory. Bartosz Warwas's feature debut premiered at Festiwal Filmowy w Gdyni 2013, and screened at New Horizons International Film Festival, Wrocław 2014.