Warsaw Dark (2008)

| Tuesday, December 1, 2009 | 0 comments |
AKA Izolator

Directed by
Christopher Doyle

Writing credits
Christopher Doyle




The film concerns a young prostitute named Ojka (Anna Przybylska) who is with a Polish government official when he’s assassinated one night in Warsaw. She’s then caught by the hit-man, drugged, taken to an apartment and begins to experience a sort of personality replacement programme. Meanwhile the police try to solve the murder and track her down, following a series of number based clues that are ambiguous in origin. Ojka’s experiences locked in the rooms being tormented by this man grow ever more disturbing and masochistic as he breaks her down and she begins to lose her grip on reality.


http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1142803/

Autumn Ball (2007)

| Tuesday, November 24, 2009 | 0 comments |
AKA Sügisball

Directed by
Veiko Õunpuu

Writing credits
Mati Unt (novel)
Veiko Õunpuu (screenplay)



A young writer called Mati is stalking his ex-wife, while also trying to make unsuccessful passes at other women. Augusti is a barber living a dreary bachelor life who forms a bond with little girl, but his approaches are misconstrued as pedophilia. Laura, a single mom, tears up over sappy soap operas, but refuses real-life advances from clueless men, because her ability to trust has been ruined by her violent drunk of an ex-husband. Maurer, the architect, worries about the wellbeing of humanity, but ignores his own wife Ulvi, who in turn looks for solace in the arms of a coatroom attendant named Theo. Women have always liked Theo, but due to his low social status, they don't take him seriously. All of these people might inhabit identical tower blocks, but they couldn't feel more alienated from each other if they tried.