Silent Land (2021)
(Cicha ziemia)
Country: POL/CZ/IT
Technical: col 113m
Director: Aga Woszczynska
Cast: Dobromir Dymecki, Agnieszka Zulewska, Jean-Marc Barr, Alma Jodorowsky
Synopsis:
A young and perfect Polish couple on holiday in Italy are disappointed to find the pool at their rental out of action. They insist on it being repaired, but then something happens and they never use it.
Review:
Joining an expanding group of films about holidays and swimming pools, this self-lacerating drama exposes the pampered consumerism of the (East) European elite by depicting the couple's inability to respond instinctively to a real-life situation. It is not that they are without conscience, but they cannot articulate what they feel to each other without recourse to sarcasm or conflict. The subplot, with Jean-Marc Barr reprising his Big Blue role as a diver, goes nowhere much, other than to allude to an analogous story concerning a near drowning situation. Overall, though, the mastery of sound, mise-en-scène and a febrile quality in performance make for tense, atmospheric viewing. The world of human migration from the south hovers just beyond the spoken bounds of the screenplay, but is palpable nonetheless.
(Cicha ziemia)
Country: POL/CZ/IT
Technical: col 113m
Director: Aga Woszczynska
Cast: Dobromir Dymecki, Agnieszka Zulewska, Jean-Marc Barr, Alma Jodorowsky
Synopsis:
A young and perfect Polish couple on holiday in Italy are disappointed to find the pool at their rental out of action. They insist on it being repaired, but then something happens and they never use it.
Review:
Joining an expanding group of films about holidays and swimming pools, this self-lacerating drama exposes the pampered consumerism of the (East) European elite by depicting the couple's inability to respond instinctively to a real-life situation. It is not that they are without conscience, but they cannot articulate what they feel to each other without recourse to sarcasm or conflict. The subplot, with Jean-Marc Barr reprising his Big Blue role as a diver, goes nowhere much, other than to allude to an analogous story concerning a near drowning situation. Overall, though, the mastery of sound, mise-en-scène and a febrile quality in performance make for tense, atmospheric viewing. The world of human migration from the south hovers just beyond the spoken bounds of the screenplay, but is palpable nonetheless.
(Cicha ziemia)
Country: POL/CZ/IT
Technical: col 113m
Director: Aga Woszczynska
Cast: Dobromir Dymecki, Agnieszka Zulewska, Jean-Marc Barr, Alma Jodorowsky
Synopsis:
A young and perfect Polish couple on holiday in Italy are disappointed to find the pool at their rental out of action. They insist on it being repaired, but then something happens and they never use it.
Review:
Joining an expanding group of films about holidays and swimming pools, this self-lacerating drama exposes the pampered consumerism of the (East) European elite by depicting the couple's inability to respond instinctively to a real-life situation. It is not that they are without conscience, but they cannot articulate what they feel to each other without recourse to sarcasm or conflict. The subplot, with Jean-Marc Barr reprising his Big Blue role as a diver, goes nowhere much, other than to allude to an analogous story concerning a near drowning situation. Overall, though, the mastery of sound, mise-en-scène and a febrile quality in performance make for tense, atmospheric viewing. The world of human migration from the south hovers just beyond the spoken bounds of the screenplay, but is palpable nonetheless.