A middle-aged woman Marta (Krystyna Janda), wife of a small town doctor, doesn’t know about her terminal illness. One day Marta meets a much younger man Bogus (Paweł Szajda) and is fascinated by his youth and simplicity. Their innocent “dates” at the shores of the river, marked by mutual fascination, are put to an end by a sudden and cruel twist of fate: it is Boguś who dies first, drowning. But this is just a first layer of this multi-dimensional tale: “Sweet Rush” is also a film on making a film and Andrzej Wajda is intertwining the story with real-life monologues of Krystyna Janda dealing with the premature death of her husband, the acclaimed cinematographer Edward Kłosiński. “Sweet Rush” is a subtle and touching story of impossible love and, at the same time, the director’s personal account of things eternal: love coming too late and death coming always too early.
Andrzej Wajda born in 1926 in Suwałki, Poland. 1946-49 student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and at the National Film School in Lodź. Since “Ashes and Diamonds” (1958) he is regarded as one of Poland’s, and Europe’s, most important directors. Co-founder of the “Polish School”. President of the Polish Film Association from 1978 to 1982.
SCAN: Sweet Rush
SCAN: Sweet Rush
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Genre
Drama
Run time
1h 25min
Genre
Drama
Run time
1h 25min
A middle-aged woman Marta (Krystyna Janda), wife of a small town doctor, doesn’t know about her terminal illness. One day Marta meets a much younger man Bogus (Paweł Szajda) and is fascinated by his youth and simplicity. Their innocent “dates” at the shores of the river, marked by mutual fascination, are put to an end by a sudden and cruel twist of fate: it is Boguś who dies first, drowning. But this is just a first layer of this multi-dimensional tale: “Sweet Rush” is also a film on making a film and Andrzej Wajda is intertwining the story with real-life monologues of Krystyna Janda dealing with the premature death of her husband, the acclaimed cinematographer Edward Kłosiński. “Sweet Rush” is a subtle and touching story of impossible love and, at the same time, the director’s personal account of things eternal: love coming too late and death coming always too early.
Andrzej Wajda born in 1926 in Suwałki, Poland. 1946-49 student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and at the National Film School in Lodź. Since “Ashes and Diamonds” (1958) he is regarded as one of Poland’s, and Europe’s, most important directors. Co-founder of the “Polish School”. President of the Polish Film Association from 1978 to 1982.
Andrzej Wajda born in 1926 in Suwałki, Poland. 1946-49 student at the Academy of Fine Arts in Cracow and at the National Film School in Lodź. Since “Ashes and Diamonds” (1958) he is regarded as one of Poland’s, and Europe’s, most important directors. Co-founder of the “Polish School”. President of the Polish Film Association from 1978 to 1982.