Scratch

Joanna is a sixty-year-old professor of a renowned Krakow university, a biologist and daughter of a famous pre-war politician. She is petite but full of energy, and she trusts people. Jan is a mathematician, the mainstay of the family, solid and caring, a keen debater and wit.They have been living together happily as a couple for many years.Their life has had its ups and downs, but they have survived supporting and respecting each other, and being respected by others in turn. Suddenly, something casts a shadow over their relationship, something going back many years, to the time before they had met – a scratch on the shiny surface. Like a returning wave, that original sin hits their marriage, weakening and destroying it.
Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.
Script: Michal Rosa
Cinematography: Marcin Koszalka
Editing: Krzysztof Szpetmanski
Sound: Piotr Domaradzki
Music: Stanislaw Radwan
Actors: Jadwiga Jankowska-Cieslak (Joanna), Krzysztof Stroinski (Jan), Ewa Telega (Beata), Miroslawa Marcheluk (Nastka), Teresa Marczewska (Hanka)
Production: Filmcontract Ltd.
Producers: Henryk Romanowski, Dariusz Sidor
Co-production: Polish Television SA, The Documentary and Features Film Studio
Art Direction: Jagna Janicka
Format: 35mm Color
Production Country: Poland
Production Year: 2008
Duration: 89
Contact: m-appeal, GermanyT. +49 30 6150 7505F. +49 30 2758 2872mk@m-appeal.com

Michal Rosa

He was born in Zabrze in 1963 and studied Architecture at the Silesia University of Technology, and Directing at the University of Silesia. Since mid-1990s, he has worked as lecturer at his alma mater. His films have been screened and awarded in film festivals around the world. Scratch was screened in Venice Days 2008.

Filmography

1991 Gry i zabawy wojskowe/Military Games (short)
1994 Goracy Czwartek/Hot Thursday
1997 Farba/Paint
2001 Cisza/Silence
2005 Co slonko widzialo/What the Sun has Seen
2008 Rysa/Scratch