1999, 67 min, PG15, on Beta
in Polish with English subtitles
I Am Looking at You, Molly
Direction: Łukasz Barczyk
Screenplay: Łukasz Barczyk
Cinematography: Kacper Lisowski
Scenography: Beata Nyczaj
Cast: Maja Ostaszewska, Michał Bukowski, Redbad Klynstra, Dorota Lewandowska
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A young, ambitious psychiatrist and his girlfriend, a geology student, have been living together for two years. Their relationship seems to enter a critical phase: Molly (suberb acting by Maja Ostaszewska) wants marriage and stability. Michal is apprehensive that he will not be able to manage the responsibilities as head of the household. Before long Molly announces that she is pregnant. The father-to-be, surprised and stressed, agrees to the wedding. His inner anxiety is intensified by his job, particularly an unusual disorder in a new patient, a famous actor. Michal must restore his health as soon as possible at the demand of the film producer. It becomes more difficult for him to control his emotions. Molly is afraid that she will lose his love and she begins to doubt his fidelity.
In his first film Lukasz Barczyk intersetingly adapted the form, stylizing it entirely as an amateur video. The roving camera often does not keep pace with the characters, the sound comes as if beyond the frame, the editing appears chaotic – the visual vibrations express the state of mind of the main characters well.
Łukasz Barczyk
B. 1974
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Graduate of the film directing department of the National Film, Television, and Theater Academy in Lodz. Director and screenwriter. The first feature film of this 25-year-old, “I Am Looking At You, Molly,” won many awards: in Gdynia at the Polish Film Festival 2000 - award for best debut film, Maja Ostaszewska for best actress in a lead role, Michal Bukowski for the best actor debut (President of Gdynia award), the Andrzej Munk award for Lukasz Barczyk; in Tarnow – top awards for Lukasz Barczyk and Maja Ostaszewska; in Mannheim – special award by the ecumenical jury.
Filmography:
1999 I Am Looking At You, Molly – writer, director, casting
Links
www.culture.pl/en/culture/artykuly/os_ostaszewska_maja
http://www.filmweb.pl/Patrzę,na,ciebie,Marysiu,film,opis,aa=8579,fbinfo.xml
http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/film1.dll/opisfilmu?baza=1&nrf=8184&start=1
http://www.festiwalfilmow.pl/hista/2000/fk16.htm