DRAWN FROM MEMORY

POLISH TITLE: PORTRET Z PAMIĘCI

Marek is a fledgling filmmaker who, together with his mother, is taking care of his grandmother suffering from Alzheimer. She is convinced that in the past she used to be a great actress. As her condition worsens, the grandmother loses both memory and recognition turning more and more agressive and domineering. Marek decides to turn his camera on her. When the two are acting out the most prominent scenes from the history of world cinema, a very special bond develops between them. Shot as a home video, the film is a poignant study of family and generation relations. Even though the grandmother used to unconsciously act heartless toward her dear ones, in the end her portrait, shot by Marek, will help the family to retain warm memories of her.

FILM REPRESENTED BY KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION

GENRE:

fiction

COUNTRYI:

Poland

RUNNING TIME:

24'

YEAR:

2011

DIRECTING:

Marcin Bortkiewicz

SCRIPT:

Marcin Bortkiewicz

DOP:

Malte Rosenfeld

EDITOR:

Piotr Mendelowski

MUSIC:

Marek Czerniewicz

PRODUCER:

Stowarzyszenie Filmowców Polskich - Studio Munka, PS Film