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.
Awards
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2019 Short film competition
The Award for the director of the best filmGolden Dragon
- directed by
- 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)
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