Małgorzata Szumowska : 2015
Body
Janusz is not a man to be easily shocked. As coroner he undertakes precise research, analysing the crime scene in minute detail. Despite the extreme situations he comes up against, he works hard. Perhaps too hard. Yet when faced with his anorexic daughter Olga, still grieving for her dead mother, he feels helpless. Fearing that she might kill herself, he commits her to a clinic where Anna, a psychologist, carries out her duties. Years before, Anna lost her baby to cot-death and now sequesters herself and her big dog in a heavily barricaded flat and conjures up spirits who communicate with the living from beyond the grave. Focusing on the difficulties people encounter when struggling to cope with the loss of loved ones, the film explores the fear of and yet longing for intimacy, self-harm due to mental anguish and escaping into the esoteric. Małgorzata Szumowska's feature won a Silver Bear for Best Director when it premiered in competition at Berlin International Film Festival 2015.
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