2000, 90 min. a children movie, on Beta

in Polish with English subtitles

100 Minutes of Vacation

      Awards at the 17th Children Movie Festiwal in Poznań, Poland:

best movie with actors, best actress, screenplay and an award from the children jury

 

Direction:                   Andrzej Maleszka
Screenplay:                Andrzej Maleszka
Cinematograpy:         Jacek Januszyk
Music:                        Krzesimir Dębski
Scenography:             Witold Pelczarski

Cast:                           Jolanta Fraszyńska, Andrzej Zieliński, Kamila Natkaniec, Piotr Budzowski, Tomasz Wroński, Bronisław Wrocławski

 

 

Danuta Milej is a film star and a very busy mother of Tosia. Their holidays begin inauspiciously when they are late for the flight. Instead of Italy they end up in a lonely house on an island. From the edge of the forest they are being watched by a television journalist working on a program about the private life of the actress. Peter, his son, gets the idea of filming both using a miniature camera hidden in a cap. The boy, pretending to have almost drowned wins the trust of Tosia and her mother. However, the ploy is revealed. On the way back the car of the reporter and the tapes drown. Danuta overcomes her dislike of men and agrees to another shot. A local boy living nearby asks the actress to sing to his cow called Venus during the full moon. The cow listens to the singing and gives milk that fulfils all wishes.

Andrzej Maleszka

Graduated in Polish philology from Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. Scriptwriter, film and theatre director. Author of over thirty feature and TV movies.

Selected Filmography

“Ballada o Kasi i drzewie” (1984),

“Mechaniczna Magdalena” (1989),

“Ofelia na wakacjach” (1990),

“Jacek” (1993, serial TV),

“Mama Nic” (1994, serial TV),

“Maszyna zmian” (1996, serial TV, Grand Prix in Munich, Emmy Award nomination),

“Jakub”, “Niebieska Róża”, “Kociak” (1993-95, commissioned by Eurowizji).