Palimpsest

2006, 80 min.

Palimpsest (2006)

Awards

2006
lish Film Festival Gdynia
Best Cinematography Award for Arkadiusz Tomiak

RiverRun Film Festival
Special Jury Prize for Outstanding Technical Achievement.

Production

Director Konrad Niewolski
Screenplay Igor Brejdygant
Cinematography Arkadiusz Tomiak
Music Bartekj Gliniak
Art Director Monika Sajko-Gradowska
Producer Juliusz Machulski, Wojciech Danowski, Krzysztof Gierat, Pawel Mossakowski
Cast
Marek Andrzej Chyra
Tomek Robert Gonera
Maciek Tomasz Sapryk
Hanna Magdalena Cielecka
Janitor Arkadiusz Bazak
Commanding Officer Henryk Talar
Story
Marek is a police inspector who is on the verge of a mental breakdown. The film is executed in two spheres. The first is a criminal plot and the second is laid in the sphere of the main character’s psychological sensations. Over the course of the film, the viewer becomes acquainted with the deepest nooks and corners of Marek’s consciousness. One can ask what is real and what is fantasy and where the boundary between reality and imagination lies. Or what justifies human suffering and what is the most important thing in life.