The attitude of the Catholic Church towards homosexuality is well known - it is treated as something unnatural, even as a disease.
Malgorzata SzumowskaI'm a producer, writer, director. I'm putting everything together very fast, and I'm strong and focused on making the next film as fast as possible. From one film to the other, I'm getting better. I'm learning - that's my style.
Malgorzata SzumowskaA body - physical, astral, dead - might be treated as an object, might be adored and hated. So this story has emerged from the material that the body is.
Malgorzata SzumowskaPeople don't understand that my films is not about being scandalous - it's about being critical of our own society.
Malgorzata SzumowskaMy films are doing well in Polish cinemas, so I don't really have problems financing them, and my international accolades are helpful.
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