Smolarze

Charcoal burners

Polonia / 2010 / 15 min / Colour

Italian premiere

A couple, husband and wife, live in a small house on the edge of the forest. Their life’s work has been making coal according to the ancient art that has remained unchanged over time. The camera tenderly observes their daily life: the coal smoke, lunchtime, their few words exchanged, their affection for their old dog, and their good-natured bickering almost as though part of a fable from a lost world, but without the happy ending filled with health and happiness. 

  • ffdl director

    Piotr Zlotorowicz

    Born in Debno, in 1982, he received a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Szczecin. He made amateur films until 2006, when he entered the Polish National Film School in Łodz to study film directing. With Charcoal Burners he has participated in some 120 festivals and won more than 30 prizes.

Credits

Language Polish Subject Piotr ZÅ‚otorowicz Screenplay Piotr ZÅ‚otorowicz Cinematography Malte Rosenfeld Sound Ewa Bogusz Editing Barbara Snarska Music Grigorij Lwowskij Producer Joanna Malicka Production company Polish National Film School 

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