Tatarak
- Krystyna Janda: Marta / Krystyna Janda
- Paweł Szajda: Boguś
- January Englert: Doctor
- Jadwiga Jankowska - Cieślak: Marta's friend
- Julia Pietrucha: Halinka
- Roma Gąsiorowska: housekeeper
The Kalmus ( Original title: Tatarak, dt: " Calamus " ) is a Polish film from 2009 The film is based on the story by Iwaszkiewicz. . The world premiere took place on 13 February 2009 at the 59th International Film Festival of Berlin.
Action
The film begins with a monologue by Krystyna Janda about the death of her husband Edward Kłosiński. It is located in a sparsely furnished room with bed and chair. About this monologue, the film shifts the perspective on the film set, where Andrzej Wajda and Krystyna Janda reading together the story of Iwaszkiewicz. Fluent, the film then goes into the actual story about the doctor's wife Marta, who is being investigated by her husband. Marta is terminally ill and will not survive the summer. However, your husband and doctor not informed of the diagnosis. During a Plauschs with her friend on the banks of a river Marta discovered the pretty nature boy Boguś. Boguś is in a relationship with the young Halinka. Marta now meets regularly not very educated young man, whose naturalness Marta attracts. At a meeting of the common swimming in the river drowning Boguś. Marta, who had already lost her two sons in the Warsaw Uprising, again losing a young person - too early as that a closer relationship could develop. Again, the film returns to the private Krystyna Janda. She talks about the death of her husband. He died on January 5, 2008 by 15 clock 10 evening, the actress was back on a theater stage. The film ends with the dedication: For Edward Kłosiński.
Background
Wajda wanted to film a text of Polish author Olga Tokarczuk in a second part of the film originally in addition to the narrative Tatarak of Iwaszkiewicz. During the filming, however, Krystyna Janda main actress gave him a text she had written about the death of her husband. Wajda asked her if this text was meant strictly for him privately or whether they would be willing to discuss this text in front of a camera. Krystyna Janda said that they would be willing to do so. For the implementation of pictorial Wajda was inspired by the images of the American painter Edward Hopper.
Reviews
" Wajda 's film almost built with kamikazehaftem courage. And the right thing done. "
"The film is minimalist in the best sense: short and without his two stories to overload with philosophical metaphors. The more touches this lawsuit over death and futility. "
"After the oversized, stylistically indecisive drama" Katyn " from the previous year Wajda has yet again made a really personal film, a minimalist work of genuine poetic power. In this competition, a diamond in the ash. "
Awards
The film was nominated with the invitation to the competition for the 2009 Berlinale Golden Bear and won the Alfred Bauer Prize. In early December 2009, the European Wajda FIPRESCI Prize awarded.