director Piotr Łazarkiewicz
screenplay Piotr Łazarkiewicz
director of photography Artur Reinhart
music Aleksander Mrożek
with Jolanta Fraszyńska, Andrzej Mastalerz, Bogusław Linda, Henryk Bista, Maria Ciunelis
awards
Prize for Peace at Trieste Film Festival, 1995
award of the President of the Radio and Television Committee at the 18th Film Festival in Gdynia, 1993
[DIALOGUE FROM THE FILM]
Monika: Crowds of young people have gathered outside the building of the Ministry of Health expressing their solidarity with those involved in the sit-in strike. As yet, however, no decision has been taken whether the sick will be granted some accommodation. Voices: Tolerance! Tolerance! Nina: Oh no, I’ll flip over, Jola! This priest with us here is really fantastic. Tell me, are you really with that queer? Monika: Yes. Nina: Then how you’re making it? Jola: That’s none of your fucking business.
BARBARA HOLLENDER, SOCIAL OUTCASTS [WYRZUCENI NA MARGINES], ‘RZECZPOSPOLITA’, 1994, NO. 75
The film deserves attention if only for the topic it tackles. Łazarkiewicz has made a film about the fate of HIV-positives treated by the normal community as social outcasts.(…) It is based on a real event which took place in 1991. This film may be perceived as a voice about intolerance, about ignorance and lack of human solidarity with the suffering. Łazarkiewicz shows a self-inciting crowd and suggests how to change attitudes and find the compassion to be able to break out of that crowd.
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