PL | 1982 | colour | 58 min
reż|dir Andrzej Kondratiuk pro|pro Ryszard Straszewski, Studio Filmowe (d. Zespół Filmowy) Perspektywa sce|sc Andrzej Kondratiuk zdj|ph Andrzej Kondratiuk muz|mus Andrzej Kondratiuk mon|ed Maria Orłowska ob|cast Iga Cembrzyńska, Krzysztof Chamiec, Janusz Gajos, Wojciech Alaborski, Zygmunt Morawski, Wojciech Giżyński, Wojciech Olański dys|dis TVP

Old Man and Old Woman from Andrzej Kondratiuk’s film aren’t that old at all. They live somewhere far away in wilderness, in an old house near the lake. He is a weirdo, a tireless inventor creating and various devices and machines that have already been invented by others. The both share their time between small everyday activities, far away from people they lead happy life surrounded by beautiful nature. Author’s film by Andrzej Kondratiuk has a simple message: it is a praise of life based on simple, basic values as symbiosis with nature, love, indulgence for others and trust.  The simplicity, naturalism and a kind of provincialism of this film achieved with absolute minimum of technical means was a novelty in a polish cinema, and that is how it inspired the whole mainstream of provincial cinema.

AWARDS
1984 Film Festival in Gdynia – Special Jury Prize for Andrzej Kondratiuk