The attitude of the Catholic Church towards homosexuality is well known - it is treated as something unnatural, even as a disease.
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 SzumowskaIn Poland, some people think that I'm kind of scandalous because I'm a woman who should stay at home with her kids instead of making movies about what I want and, even worse, addressing Polish taboos like church, homosexuals and history.
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 Szumowska