Ends and Beginnings

Poland2024fiction17'Konkurs polski (2024)

This year was not easy for strawberries. It snowed in early April. Strawberries went into full bloom on the 21 st . The first fruit was eaten by a snail, the second by Adam and the third appeared at the same time as hundreds of others. The rest belongs to the past where the protagonists are not Piotr and Paweł, although it is thanks to their intervention that Julia’s first kiss has an exceptionally sweet taste. Light-hearted ‘Ends and Beginnings’ allows viewers to get lost in the maze of human biographies that coincide in the least expected circumstances. Someone, not for the first time, mistakes days, another person always has a getaway plan, and someone else suspects they are allergic to strawberries. The lady from the university is ruthless. Who knows, maybe Robert Altman himself would fall in love with this story, even though a strawberry field is not Gosford Park? Or, maybe, the authors were more inspired by Jerzy Skolimowski?

directed by
Klaudia Fortuniak, portret reżysera
Klaudia Fortuniak

Born in Łódź. Director and screenwriter. Student of the Directing Department of the Łódź Film School, graduate of the Wajda School. Author of short documentary films "Praca domowa", "Backer’s Block" and fictions "Ciepło", "Końce i początki".

cinematography
Mateusz Nowak
script
Klaudia Fortuniak, Magdalena Kućka
animated by
Mikołaj Mirzewski
cast
Izabela Dąbrowska, Izabella Dudziak, Karol Lelek, Zbigniew Waleryś, Julia Mika, Kirył Pietruczuk, Radosław Olejniczak, Małgorzata Chwiałkowska, Agnieszka Januszkiewicz, Jakub Kondrat, Maciej Walter, Roman Sętkowski, Robert Maćkowiak, Łukasz Źródlak, Krzysztof Surówka, Jerzy Matula
music
Jan Królikowski
sound
Artur Walaszczyk
editing
Piotr Pohl
production
Agata Golańska (Szkoła Filmowa w Łodzi)
Photo
Kadr z filmu Ends and Beginnings
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