FILM "WOMAN ON THE ROOF" (Kobieta na dachu)

FILM "WOMAN ON THE ROOF" (Kobieta na dachu)

2022 | drama Duration: 1 hr. 35 min. Age rating: 16+

Mirka (Dorota Pomykała) is a sixty-year-old midwife. She is excellent at her job, but even better at hiding her needs and feelings. At home, she also mostly takes care of others – her adult son (Adam Bobik) and her husband (Bogdan Koca), who has forgotten about her. Sometimes she secretly climbs onto the roof of her apartment building to smoke a cigarette. It is the only thing she does just for herself. But one day, everything changes: early in the morning, she hangs out the laundry, cooks lunch, buys food for the fish, and... robs a bank with a small kitchen knife.

"Woman on the Roof" is a moving film created by women, directed and written by Anna Jadowska. It is a painfully realistic and incredibly beautiful film in which Jadowska tells the story of one of the millions of invisible Polish mothers in a completely different way – as if in a whisper. She does not choose loud phrases or look for spectacular scenes. Mirka's truth lies elsewhere – in small gestures, fearful glances, and the seemingly unnoticeable internal transformation of a sixty-year-old woman.

Dorota Pomykała won several awards for her excellent role in this film, including the "Eagle" (Polish Film Academy Award) and the award for Best Leading Actress at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia.

Director: Anna Jadowska Screenwriter: Anna Jadowska Cast: Dorota Pomykała, Bogdan Koca, Adam Bobik