Portrait of Suzanne

Poland, Germany, France2019animated15'Konkurs krótkometrażowy (2019)Konkurs polski (2019)

In a small hotel in France, there is a man who tries to stop the hunger for love by eating excessively. But his longing for his love, Susanne, will not be soothed by the plates full of meat cuts, vegetables and fruit. When the protagonist goes to the town in search for food, he accidentally hurts himself in the foot, which unexpectedly transforms into Susanne. Since then, they are to be inseparable. Still, this is just the beginning of a surreal story about loneliness, jealousy and love. Every single detail of this grotesque plasticine adaptation of Roland Topor’s short story enchants the audience.

directed by
Izabela Plucińska, portret reżysera
Izabela Plucińska

Animation film director. Born in Poland, she currently lives in Germany. She is a graduate of the Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź (in the field of Design) and Film Animation from the Cinematography Department of the Film School in Łódź, where she also earned her PhD in Animation. Her filmography includes "Jam Session" (2005) – a winner of the Silver Bear at the International Film Festival in Berlin, "Esterhazy" (2009), "Sexy Laundry" (2015) and "Portrait of Suzanne" (2019). At present, she is a lecturer at the Arts Academy in Szczecin and runs her own production company ClayTraces. She specialises in plasticine animation. "98 kg" was her first animation film.

cinematography
Izabela Plucińska
script
Izabela Plucińska
animated by
Izabela Plucińska, Robert Kuźniewski
music
Pascal Comelade, Arfaaz Kagalwala
editing
Nora Bertone, Izabela Plucińska
production
Izabela Plucińska, Robert Kern, Christine Haupt (ClayTraces), Jean-Laurent Csinidis (Films de Force Majeure), Paulina Ratajczak (Foundation Las Sztuki)
Photo
Kadr z filmu Portrait of Suzanne
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