Cosmos
- 8 years ago
Plto synopsis:
Andrzej Żuławski’s first film in 15 years transforms Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz’s novel of the same name into an ominous and manic exploration of desire. Witold (Jonathan Genet), who has just failed the bar, and his companion Fuchs (Johan Libéreau), who has recently quit his fashion job, are staying at a guesthouse run by the intermittently paralytic Madame Woytis (Sabine Azéma). Upon discovering a sparrow hanged in the woods near the house, Witold’s reality mutates into a whirlwind of tension, histrionics, foreboding omens, and surrealistic logic as he becomes obsessed with Madame Woytis’s daughter Lena (Victoria Guerra), newly married to Lucien (Andy Gillet)—in other words, he finds himself starring in a Żuławski film.
Director Andrzej Żuławski
Writers Andrzej Żuławski
Actors Sabine Azéma, Jean-François Balmer, Jonathan Genet, Johan Libéreau, Victoria Guerra, Clémentine Pons
Genre Drama, Horror,
Run Time 1 hour 37 minutes
Andrzej Żuławski’s first film in 15 years transforms Polish writer Witold Gombrowicz’s novel of the same name into an ominous and manic exploration of desire. Witold (Jonathan Genet), who has just failed the bar, and his companion Fuchs (Johan Libéreau), who has recently quit his fashion job, are staying at a guesthouse run by the intermittently paralytic Madame Woytis (Sabine Azéma). Upon discovering a sparrow hanged in the woods near the house, Witold’s reality mutates into a whirlwind of tension, histrionics, foreboding omens, and surrealistic logic as he becomes obsessed with Madame Woytis’s daughter Lena (Victoria Guerra), newly married to Lucien (Andy Gillet)—in other words, he finds himself starring in a Żuławski film.
Director Andrzej Żuławski
Writers Andrzej Żuławski
Actors Sabine Azéma, Jean-François Balmer, Jonathan Genet, Johan Libéreau, Victoria Guerra, Clémentine Pons
Genre Drama, Horror,
Run Time 1 hour 37 minutes