Section: Polskie Horyzonty

Człowiek z magicznym pudełkiem

The Man with the Magic Box

Bodo Kox
Poland, Italy, 2017, 105 Min

A novel sci-fi adventure: in a dystopian Warsaw of the future newly-arrived Adam falls in love with Goria. In order to impress her he discovers a way out of the subversive reality that engulfs them, which appears in turn to transfer him to another dimension. This leads to a blurring of the boundaries between hallucination and unimaginable reality.

Bartosz Mrozowski/Alter Ego Pictures

Adam enters a cold world, populated by lonely individuals who show more interest in mobile devices than their fellow men. Implants under the skin make a private life impossible, whilst the mysterious secret services monitor every step.

In defiance thereof Adam seeks authenticity, be that the warmth of wood, the vibrations of music or the intoxication of romance. In an abandoned residence he stumbles across a radio that turns out to hold the key to long forgotten times. Adam is, after all, only passing through this world; a hypnotic experiment back in the fifties saw him dispatched to the future. In the cryptic labyrinth of time he finds acts of humanity and unfaltering love.

Director Bodo Kox masterfully creates a fascinating image of the future, playing cat and mouse with the viewer's expectations in the process. Captured with the help of brilliantly creative scenes and costumes, as well as wonderfully effective montage sequences, every turn that Adam's tale takes is unanticipated. DJ

Filmformat
DCP | Farbe / colour
Drehbuch
Bodo Kox
Kamera
Arkadiusz Tomiak, Dominik Danilczyk
Ton
Ignazio Vellucci
Schnitt
Milenia Fiedler
Ausstattung
Wojciech Żogała
Musik
Sandro Di Stefano
Darsteller
Olga Bołądź, Piotr Polak, Sebastian Stankiewicz, Helena Norowicz
Produzent
Izabela Igel, Roman Jarosz
Produktion
Alter Ego Pictures Sp. z o.o.
Co-Produktion
Vargo Films
Kontakt
Reel Suspects
Alberto Alvarez Aguilera
105 Rue du Faubourg du Temple
75010 Paris
France
+33.15.85.14.29 5
www.reelsuspects.com
a@reelsuspects.com

Bodo Kox - born in 1977 in Wrocław, Poland. Director, screenwriter, and amateur actor. His amateur films have been successfully presented at Polish and international film festivals. He is a directing student at the Łódź Film School and a graduate of the “Rehearsal Studio” feature film course at the Wajda School.

Movies
DZIEWCZYNA Z SZAFY (2012, FFC 2013)

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