SO THAT IT DOESN'T HURT
ZEBY NIE BOLALO

Country of production: Poland
Year: 1998
Language: Polish
48 mins.

23 years after their first meeting, a film crew visits a lonely woman, a farmer-intellectual. She decided to stay in a village, though she could have comfortably moved to the city. This film scrutinizes the reasons for her decision, of which she herself has not been certain. What price must be paid for the choice of freedom and self-fulfillment?

Director: Marcel Lozinski
Script: Marcel Lozinski
Cinematography: Jacek Petrycki
Editing: Katarzyna Maciejko-Kowalczyk, Lidia Zonn
Sound: Malgorzata Jaworska
Producer: Janusz Skalkowski, Wojciech Szczudlo, Jerzy Herman
Production Company: Kalejdoskop Film Studio, TVP, ARTE
Source:
Kalejdoskop Film Studio
ul. Chelmska 21
00-724 Warsaw, Poland
kalejdoskop@polbox.pl
http://www.kalejdoskop.com

Marcel Lozinski was born in Paris, France, in 1940. He holds a degree from the Lodz Film School, and was nominated for an Academy Award(r) in 1994. His filmography includes: WHEEL OF FORTUNE (1972, Critics' Award in Oberhausen); HAPPY END (1973); THE VISIT (1974); THE KING (1975); FRONT COLLISION (1976, Grand Prix in Cracow); HOW TO LIVE (1977); MATRICULATION (1978, Prize-winner at Cracow); MICROPHONE'S TEST (1980, Prize & FIPRESCI -winner at Cracow); PRACTICE EXERCISES (1984); MY PLACE (185); WITNESSES (1988); 45-89 (1989); KATYN FORREST (1990, Prix Europa); SEVEN JEWS FROM MY CLASS (1992); 89 MM FROM EUROPE (1993, nearly 20 prizes at international festivals including the Grand Prizes in Oberhausen, Leipzig, and Montreal; Felix and Oscar nomination); ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN (1995, numerous award including the Golden Spire in San Francisco and the Grand Prix in Cracow); POLAND AFTER VICTORY 89 - 95 (1995); SO THAT IT DOESN'T HURT (1998); and I REMEMBER (2001).

Monday, March 24
9pm
Gallery Theatre
Screening with 89 MM FROM EUROPE and ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN
KALEJDOSKOP FILM STUDIO RETROSPECTIVE