The central
character is Ksawery, a homosexual drag queen performer who decides to
pay a visit to his grandfather living in the country accompanied by his friend
and agent Karolina. The old man is a former resistance soldier who hides a
painful secret of a murder that took place in his house during the Holocaust.
Karolina, who is Jewish, is determined to confront him about the crime, while
Ksawery is not sure if he wants to lose the bond with he only relative he ever
felt close to.
{mosimage}"Last year's Berlinale was a life changing experience. I understood how
powerful cinema still is, how rapidly it is evolving and where I belong. That's
how Secret was born: somewhere
between my love of punk DIY ethics and Fassbinder's no holds barred relentless
film-making. With a little help from a new breed of cheap, hand held HD cameras
, based on a script rejected by virtually all film related institutions in
Poland, prepared by an anarchic collective of twelve, shot within three weeks,
with no budget at all, with a travel case of old, mostly broken photo lens,
this was the exercise in sovereignty and artistic independence. After months of
hopeless struggle, cinema forced me to live again. Opened, edgy, ambiguous,
unpredictable, divisive, erratic. Free of any production restraints. Pleasing
neither a mass audience nor a festival hipster. Breathlessly looking for a new
audience. More an experimental novel, than a conventional film,"
Wojcieszek told FNE.
{mosimage}Wojcieszek is a leading Polish independent director. A self-taught filmmaker,
he directed several low budget feature films including Kill'em All (Rebellion
Films,www.canalpluscyfrowy.pl)
Secret was shot in September 2011 on location in
Wrocław. The film is produced by Dynamo Karuzela Katarzyna Majewska Wrocław in
co-production with New Horizons Association (www.nowehoryzonty.pl),
Gruppa Rafał Widajewicz (www.gruppa.pl).
Secret was presented during the 62.
IFF in Berlin (www.berlinale.de)
as part of the Forum section. The film is distributed by New Horizons
Association, and world sales are managed by the producer Dynamo Karuzela -
Katarzyna Majewska.
{mosimage}Crew:
Director - Przemysław Wojcieszek
Screenwriter - Przemysław Wojcieszek
Director of photography - Kuba Kijowski
Music - Krzysztof Prętkiewicz
Production designer - Milena Czarnik
Sound - Artur Kuczkowski
Editing - Daniel Zioła
Costume designer - Magdalena Machajska
Make-up - Alina Janerka
Production manager - Rafał Widajewicz
Production company - Dynamo Karuzela - Katarzyna Majewska
Producer: Katarzyna Majewska
Co-produced by - Gruppa Rafał Widajewicz, New Horizons Association
Co-financed by - Polish Film Institute
Distribution - New Horizons Association
World sales - Dynamo Karuzela - Katarzyna Majewska
Cast:
Tomasz Tyndyk
Agnieszka Podsiadlik
Marek Kępiński
Production information:
Dynamo Karuzela, Podchorążych 3/14
53-320 Wrocław
Poland
(+48) 604 48 80 54
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