29/09/2005

Opowieści galicyjskie (Stories of Galicia), Dariusz Jabłoński's next film will trace the steps of a European born in the 70's. In this feature Jabłoński, Krzysztof Kieślowski's old assistant in Decalogue, retraces the story of a thirty-some year old man (Jiri Machacek), who wanting to find peace, leaves the city behind and heads for the mountains. The film is an adaptation of Andrzej Stasiuk's eponymous book who also wrote the script.
"Films usually tell stories about characters that are looking for a specific something. I show a character who wants nothing, except absolute peace. He is at a turning point of his life, he wants change. It is in this simple world where he finds the right balance, faith in life, and faith in God", said Jabłoński.

The film is a Polish-Slovak co-production, between Apple Film Production (the director's society) and Trigon Production, whose trans seasonal filming will spread out to spring 2006. Tomasz Michałowski (Jabłoński's Fotoamateur) is behind the camera, Krzysztof Szpetmański will edit the film, Fero Liptak is the set designer and Małgorzata Gwiazdecka along with Agata Culak will be in charge of costumes. The director hopes to be able to show his film to the public in autumn 2006.

(Translated from French)