Knives Out
Six twentysomethings meet at a lakeside summer house. This is their first time getting together since high school. Some of them have started careers, while others have not. Some of them enjoy the pleasures in life, while others vent their hidden frustrations. The seventh character is a young Ukrainian named Solomia who works at the same company as one of the evening's protagonists, Igor. Solomia is an outsider and is at times an object of hatred on the part of Hubert, who persuades others, drunk and lost, to take part in an act of violence against the girl. This is the first and still the only Polish film that attempts to diagnose the breakdown of democracy and the growth of xenophobia and nationalism in Poland,"says the director. "I made it with students from the Wroclaw Theatre Academy, who also helped write the screenplay. Knives Out is a completely independent production. It was made during a period of political paralysis among public institutions involved in financing cinema in Poland.
Przemysław Wojcieszek
Przemysław Wojcieszek is a Polish film and theatre director and screenwriter. He studied Polish at the Jagiellonian and Wrocław Universities. Wojcieszek authored the script to Witold Adamek’s film Monday, as well as all of his own films; his directorial debut came in 1999 with Kill Them All. He received the ‘Polityka’ magazine Passport (promising young artist award) in the film category for his original films that are manifestos of 30-year-olds trying to find their place in our reality. In 2004 he debuted as a playwright and theater director with the play Made in Poland. His films The Perfect Afternoon, Made in Poland and Secret screened at Berlinale.
Selected filmography
2001 Głośniej od bomb / Louder Than Bombs
2004 W dół kolorowym wzgórzem / Down Colourful Hill
2005 Doskonałe popołudnie / The Perfect Afternoon
2010 Made in Poland
2012 Sekret / Secret
2014 Jak całkowicie zniknąć / How to Disappear Completely