Poland
THE BOY ON A GALLOPING HORSE
CREDITS
35mm - color - 75’
Direction: Adam Guzinski
Script: Adam Guzinski based on the story by Tariej Vesaas “Wild rider”
Photography: Jolanta Dylewska
Editing: Cezary Kowalczuk, Adam Guzinski, Jaroslaw Kaminski
Sound: Jan Freda
Costumes: Aneta Flis
Cast: Piotr Bajor, Aleksandra Justa, Krzysztof Lis.
Producer: Piotr Dzieciol, Lukasz Dzieciol
Production: Opus film, 29, Lakowa Str, 90-554 Lodz, Poland, Tel. +48 42 634 55 00 Fax +48 42 634 55 49, email: ewa@opusfilm.com, website: opusfilm.com
Coproduzione: Telewizja Polska S.A., Polish Film Institute
World sales: TVP S.A., 17, J.P. Woronicza Str., 00-999 Warsaw, Poland, Tel. +48 22 547 61 39 Fax +48 22 547 75 83, email: sales@tvp.pl website: international.tvp.pl
SYNOPSIS
The film tells the story of Jerzy, a writer whose creativity has burnt out, his wife and their seven-year-old son Jaśiek living far away from the city. Jerzy’s enduring creative crisis and their related financial troubles affect the married couple’s drifting apart and the death of their feelings towards each other. One day they find out their son is ill and will have to travel to the city for an operation. For the boy this is but the long anticipated journey to visit a toy car shop, for the parents it is a time of anxiety and separation, which forces them to reflect anew on the essence of their relationship.
THE DIRECTOR: ADAM GUZINSKI
Born in 22.12. 1970.
From 1993 to 1998 student at the directing department of the National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz.
NOTES
In this film, I wanted to show a man in a state of crisis. He is a human being who has lost the two things he loved and believed in. He is a writer who loses his talent and a husband who loses the love of his wife. I was curious about the state of withdrawal, helplessness, feeling of shame and lack of belief that overwhelm my protagonist. I did not want to judge him but just observe what kind of a human being he is, how he tries to get through his situation in life and how that experience affects him.
It is a simple story. I tried therefore to find a simple and poetic way of story-telling. The film comprises few words and suggestive images whose transparency would speak directly to a viewer’s feelings, imagination and sensitivity. I didn’t want add something conclusive but just leave it open so that each viewer would have a chance to find their own, unique and emotional way to see my film.
FILMOGRAPHY
2004 Silence, tv
2002 Antichrist, 35 mm, color, 28 min
1997 Jacob, 35mm, b/w, 16min.
1996 Temptation, 35mm, b/w, 11min
SELECTED FESTIVAL AND AWARDS
1997 Temptation - Festival del Cortometraggio a Siena: Special Jury Prize; Los Angeles Academy Awards: Nomination; Karlovy Vary IFF: Best Film School Program
1998-9 Jacob – Cannes 1998: Grand Prix “Cinefoundation”; European Short Film: Prize for special achievements in the field of film music; Festival Stuttgart Ludwigsburg, Germany; Turek Festival: Jury Prize
2002-3 Antichrist - Presented by Werner Herzog in Telluride Film Festival; Bilbao Int’l Short Film: Grand Prix; Festival Internazionale del Cinema Giovane Torino: Special Mention; European Festival del Short Film Bordeaux: Jury Prize; Leeds IFF: Special Mention of the International Jury; …
