SILENT LAND
DRAMA | Polish, English, Italian, French | 113 min
After arriving at a holiday villa on an Italian island, bourgeois couple Adam (Dobromir Dymecki) and Anna (Agnieszka Żulewska) discover that the swimming pool is empty. The migrant worker sent to fix it suffers a deadly poolside accident, setting off a chain of disturbing events that shake the moral foundations of this seemingly-perfect couple. Aesthetically sparse, with an enigmatic plot, Agnieszka Woszczyńska’s debut feature is an unflinching character study that unfurls the power of denial.
Silent Land debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival, before picking up the FIPRESCI award for the International Competition at the Thessaloniki International Film Festival.
DIRECTOR Aga Woszczyńska
SCREENPLAY Aga Woszczyńska & Piotr Jaksa Litwin
CAST Dobromir Dymecki, Agnieszka Żulewska, Jean Marc Barr, Alma Jodorowsky, Marcello Romolo
COUNTRY OF PRODUCTION Poland, Italy, Czechia
“Echoes of Antonioni and Haneke”
★★★★
— TOTAL FILM
“Tense and highly intelligent filmmaking”
★★★★
— FILMUFORIA
“Unflinching”
★★★★
— LITTLE WHITE LIES
“Creeps up on the viewer with devastating force”
★★★★
— GLOBE AND MAIL
“A kinship with Ruben Ostlund’s Force Majeure”
— SCREEN
"a striking and cerebral examination of human nature"
— THE UPCOMING
FESTIVALS + AWARDS
2021 Toronto International Film Festival
World Premiere
2021 Thessaloniki Film Festival
Winner: FIPRESCI Prize
2022 Göteborg Film Festival
Official Selection
Kinoteka Film Festival
Opening Film
Crossing Europe Film Festival
Winner: Best Film
Gdynia Film Festival
Main Competition