Extensive dialogue and the tight focus of a single apartment setting marks this romantic and politically symbolic drama about Malgorzata, a Polish photographer (Krystyna Janda) and her married French lover Paul (Sami Frey). The two rendezvous in West Berlin to spend some time together before Malgorzata has to go back to Warsaw and Paul returns to his wife and daughter.
Acting
Janda's silences speak entire histories.
Direction
Sanders-Brahms traps intimacy and politics in one space.
Director
Helma Sanders-Brahms
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sanders-Brahms filmed during the Cold War's final years, making the Berlin Wall both literal set piece and metaphor.
Janda was already a Polish cinema icon from 'Man of Iron'; this was her international art-house pivot.
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