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ANATOMIA

by Ola Jankowska

synopsis

Mika arrives in Poland to pay a hospital visit to her father, who is suffering from severe brain injury and memory loss. It's the first time they have met in many years, yet her father thinks they still live together and she's a teenager. For a brief time Mika becomes her father's companion in his befuddlement gently guiding him through the labyrinth of his fading mind. And as she does so, she sets off on a journey through her own life. Merging digital, 35 mm, VHS, infrared and archival footage, the sense of time and space start breaking up: the present blends with the long gone past and places reveal their far-off history and memories. In the meantime, the father's condition worsens. And thus life and its end also begin to blur.

original title: Anatomia
country: Poland, France
year: 2021
genre: fiction
directed by: Ola Jankowska
film run: 108'
screenplay: Ola Jankowska
cast: Karolina Kominek-Skuratowicz, Andrzej Poniedzielski, Anna Krotoska, Krzysztof Zarzecki, Piotr Żurawski, Ewa Dalkowska, Maria Reimann, Lena Parol
cinematography by: Małgorzata Szyłak
film editing: Mateusz Romaszkan
art director: Agata Trojak-Saribas
costumes designer: Marta Wojciechowicz
producer: Lukasz Dzieciol, Piotr Dzieciol, Edyta Janczak-Hiriart
co-producer: Malgorzata Seck, Magdalena Widuch, Janusz Janicki
production: Opus Film, Kometa Films, EC1 Lodz - City of Culture, Canal+ Polska, Coloroffon, Opus Tv (PL)
backing: Polish Film Institute/Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej

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