PL | 2001 | b&w | 86 min
reż|dir Robert Gliński pro|pro Filip Chodzewicz, TVP sce|sc Jacek Wyszomirski, Robert Gliński zdj|ph Petro Aleksowski muz|mus Jacek Kuśmierczyk mon|ed Krzysztof Szpetmański ob|cast Aleksandra Gietner, Karolina Sobczak, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Małgorzata Rożniatowska dys|dis TVP SA

The 15 year old Tereska lives in a large, grey housing estate. She didn’t manage to enroll into an art high school, so she learns to be a seamstress. One day she meets the disabled caretaker Edek (Zbigniew Zamachowski), they make friends and it is thanks to Edek that Tereska acts out her sense of alienation and lack of attention.  The black and white movie directed by Robert Gliński was the most important event in 2001 polish cinema. The two main characters have been playing themselves, and the movie was shot in the housing estates of Warsaw Praga district. Life itself wrote a sad ending to the fictional story: the young Aleksandra Gietner, who played the lead role, despite her great performance admired by critics and publicity (Chicago IFF distinction) went to a maximum security reformatory.

AWARDS
2001 Karlove Vary IFF – Special Prize
2001 Gdynia PFFF – Grand Prix
2001 Chicago IFF – distinction for Aleksandra Gietner