Woman On The Roof
Feature film/ Poland, Sweden/ 97 mins/2022
Director: Anna Jadowska
Screenwriter: Anna Jadowska
Cinematographer: Ita Zbroniec-Zajt
Set designer: Anna Pabisiak
Sound: Roman Dymny, Vincent Verdoux
Music: Katharina Nuttall
Cast: Dorota Pomykała, Bogdan Koca, Adam Bobik, Agnieszka Suchora, Ewa Stanczyk, Edyta Januszewska, Aneta Spirydowicz,
Milena Lisiecka, Magdalena Maczko, Karolina Adamczyk
Synopsis:
Mirka, a 60-year old woman, appears to have a normal life. One morning she starts her day like any other, wakes up early, puts her family’s clothes out to dry and purchases food for her fish and commits a bank robbery with a kitchen knife. She discovers her need for money is surpassed only by her need for love.
Director’s biography:
Anna Jadowska was born in 1973, graduated from Łódź Film School and Wajda Masterschool of Directing. Her feature Touch Me wins the Grand Independent Cinema Prize in Poland in 2004. The same year, her short film Corridor is selected to the Cannes International Critics’ Week. In 2005, she wins the Best Polish Debut Award for her film Now, Me.