Fugue

Directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska
Release date: 2018
Name of ProjectFugue
DirectorAgnieszka Smoczynska
Release date2018
ProducerAgnieszka Kurzydlo
Cast

Gabriela Muskala, Lukasz Simlat

Festivals

Cannes 2018, Semaine de la Critique – Competition
Karlovy Vary 2018 – Another View
Melbourne MIFF 2018

Alicja suffers from memory loss and has rebuilt her own free spirited way of life. Two years later, she returns to her family and unwillingly resumes her role as wife, mother and daughter. Her estranged husband and son do not recognize this woman who looks familiar, but behaves like a stranger. Feelings of alienation, love and revelations rekindle her interior flame.

Fugue evokes the social taboos around motherhood and the pressure on women to accept maternity without hesitation or reflection, as though the biological capacity of giving birth means that every woman should be willing to be a mother.