REVERSE is Poland's
Oscar Entry for a Foreign Language Film. Directed by Borys Lankosz the
film is set in the 1950s, during the peak of Stalinist terror in
communist Poland. REVERSE is about three generations of women living
together in a claustrophobic apartment in Warsaw. 30 year-old Sabina
is presented with a string of unsuitable candidates to marry by her
determined mother and savvy but ailing grandmother. No suitor peaks
Sabina's interest until one night a mysterious handsome stranger
rescues her from a mugging and sweeps her off her feet. Their romance
takes a dark turn when he asks her to spy on her boss, unleashing
sinister events.
BORYS LANKOSZ –
BIOGRAPHY
The debut full length feature film from director, Borys
Lankosz, an award-winning filmmaker who graduated from The Łódź Film School.
REVERSE'S AWARDS
11 awards at the 2009 Gdynia Polish Film
Festival, including Best Film (Golden Lions for the film and
producer).
FIPRESCI Award (Best First Film from Eastern Europe) at the Warsaw
Film Festival.
WHAT THE CRITICS SAID
“Rich with references to
Polish culture and cinema history, the genre-juggling feature debut of
prize-winning documaker Borys Lankosz is clever, complex and spiked with a
special kind of black humor…. pic boasts pitch-perfect performances from a
stellar cast. Told from a female perspective, the elegant screenplay by
literary talent Andrzej Bart revels in allusions, jokes and paradoxes, taking
clichés about life in the Stalinist era and turning them inside out.”
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Alissa Simon, Variety
BORYS LANKOSZ ON DIRECTING
I like to
think that the film is the story of spiritual victory. It’s a sort of study of
ordinary people in an extraordinary situation. I like films about women and I
think there are too few of them. It is difficult to classify Reverse in a
particular genre. This is a conscious choice and the movie delivers the
patchwork nature of the script. This diversity is the project’s
strength.
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