ZMRUZ OCZY

Director: Andrzej Jakimowski
Country: Poland
Year: 2003
Runtime: 88 minutes
Language: Polish with English subtitles

Awards: San Francisco International Film Festival – Skyy Prize, Camerimage - Special Award, International Filmfest Mannheim-Heidelberg – FIPRESCI Prize, Polish Film Awards – Eagle, Polish Film Festival – Best Cinematographer::/Best Costume Design/Best Debut Director/Best Production Design, Special Jury Prize

Once again Poland sends us an offbeat provocative film with comic elements. Jasiak, a retired school teacher, decides to act as custodian of a deserted farm in the Polish countryside. Forget the fact that the owners of the farm don’t need a custodian but don’t know how to evict their squatter. When his solitude is broken by a former students--a young girl who’s had it with her materialistic parents, Jasiak’s life becomes complicated. The young girl is soon joined by some con artists, some cyclists, at least one self-proclaimed poet, the girl’s parents, the farm’s owners, and ultimately the police. If life in the countryside is this unpredictable, what must life be like in Warsaw? You might call SQUINT YOUR EYES a provocative, philosophical comedy.~ Nick Salerno

Principal Cast: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Ola Prószynska, Malgorzata Foremniak, Andrzej Chyra, Andrzej Mastalerz

Producer: Arkadiusz Artemjew, Tomasz Gassowski, Andrzej Jakimowski
Editor: Cezary Grzesiuk
Music: Tomasz Gassowski
Cinematographers: Adam Bajerski, Pawel Smietank