Deep Love

The natural environment for Janusz, the main character in this film by Jan P. Matuszyński, is water. Before suffering a stroke, he was a diver. "It’s both work and pleasure," he would say. Now he can no longer say anything. He has lost his ability to speak, and his motor coordination does not allow him to enter the water. Despite this, and despite the prohibitions from doctors, Janusz decides to return to his favorite sport. If he is ever to experience joy in this life again, it will be when he once again straps an oxygen tank to his back and plunges into the depths of the sea. The documentary Deep Love is a double victory for Jan P. Matuszyński. The filmmaker not only found a fantastic figure who fully deserves to be the subject of a film, but he was also able to raise sufficient funds to allow him to tell Janusz’s story. The film is free of the easy sentimentality that has characterized similar productions. It is filled with vitality, the will to fight, the desire to fulfill one’s dreams. After watching this movie, you will want to live.

Artur Zaborski