Date: Monday 24th October 2022
SILENT LAND
(Aga Woszczynska – Poland 2022)
Place: Connaught Studio
Time: 8.15pm
Free for members
Non-members: £7.50/Students £6.50
Membership is £35 per year for 10 screenings
After arriving at a holiday villa on an Italian island, bourgeois couple Adam (Dobromir Dymecki) and Anna (Agnieszka Żulewska) discover that the swimming pool is empty. The migrant worker sent to fix it suffers a deadly poolside accident, setting off a chain of disturbing events that shake the moral foundations of this seemingly perfect couple. Aesthetically sparse, with an enigmatic plot, Agnieszka Woszczyńska’s debut feature is an unflinching character study that unfurls the power of denial.
Silent Land debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival, before picking up the FIPRESCI award for the International Competition at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival. in the UK upon release there is a lot of buzz about this film and its upcoming director. don’t miss out on this independent release by Modern Films.
Watch the trailer here : https://youtu.be/f3NR82LIemc
★★★★
“Creeps up on the viewer with devastating force”
Globe & Mail
★★★★
“Tense and highly intelligent filmmaking”
Filmuforia
★★★★
“Echoes of Antonioni and Haneke”
Total Film
★★★★
“A kinship with Ruben Ostlund’s Force Majeure”
Screen
★★★★
“Unflinching…plays very much in the key of Haneke”
Little White Lies
