PREVIEW: Silent Land (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Dobromir Dymecki (Planet Single), Agnieszka Żulewska (Chemo), Jean Marc Barr (The Big Blue), Alma Jodorowsky (Blue is the Warmest Colour), Marcello Romolo (The Vice of Hope), Claudio Bigagli (Household Accounts), Elvis Esposito (All Night Long), Gennaro Iaccarino (Rose Island), Ibrahim Keshk (film debut), Cezary Kosinski (The Pianist)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Aga Woszczyńska (film debut), director, writer; Piotr Jaksa Litwin (film debut), writer; Giovanni Pompili (I Was a Dreamer), producer; Bartosz Swiniarski (Apples), cinematographer; Jaroslaw Kaminski (Cold War), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Middle-class Polish couple Adam (Dymecki) and Anna (Żulewska) arrive at a holiday villa on an Italian island, only to find that their swimming pool is empty. Ignorant of the island’s water shortage, they ask someone round to fix the pool for them, but a tragic accident sets off a chain of disturbing events that cause the seemingly-perfect couple to confront their own morals…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

The feature debut of Polish filmmaker Aga Woszczyńska is a dark character study that explores the moralities of the bourgeois, and offers the chance to catch some sunrays at the same time.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 23RD SEPTEMBER 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

IN CINEMAS NATIONWIDE

 

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