My film is very simple: An Eastern European story full of black humor about things everyone can feel and understand.
Malgorzata SzumowskaI found my personal style in black humor and mixing funny things with very touching ones - like trying to force people to cry and smile almost at the same moment.
Malgorzata SzumowskaMy horizons are also broadened by working with so many people around Europe. They taught me what I never would have learned just staying in my own country.
Malgorzata SzumowskaI wanted to make a film about anorexia. I thought about it for a long time, but then gave up on this idea as I felt that this theme would be so hermetic and closed that it would not reach an audience. However, the plot about the character of Olga and the idea that a body has a lot of different meanings were still present in my mind.
Malgorzata Szumowska