Fugue

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After a two-year disappearance, free-spirited Alicja (screenwriter Gabriela Muskala) is reunited with her parents, husband and young son despite having no memory of them. Suddenly thrust back into a domestic life she has no recollection of choosing, Alicja struggles to reconcile her new and unfamiliar roles of dependability with the unshackled independence sprung by her recent mental break. With surreal, icy imagery and a seductively hypnotic atmosphere, director Agnieszka Smoczyńska’s (The Lure) sophomore feature burrows into the landscape of Alicja’s mind, excavating the societal burdens and duties expected of women, and whether personal freedom is truly attainable. Fugue evokes the social taboos around motherhood and the pressure on women to accept maternity without hesitation or reflection, as though the biological capacity of giving birth means that every woman should be willing to be a mother. A dizzying psychological puzzle of identity and self-discovery. Mesmerizing from the jaw-dropping first frame to the last.

directed by: Agnieszka Smoczyńska
starring: Gabriela Muskala, Lukasz Simlat, Iwo Rajski
2018 / 102 min / 2.35:1 / Polish DTS-HD MA 5.1

Additional info:

• Region A Blu-ray
• Interview with filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska
• Q&A with filmmaker Agnieszka Smoczyńska and Caryn Coleman of The Future Of Film Is Female at Nitehawk Cinema, Brooklyn, NY
• Trailer
• Booklet essay by author and film critic Samm Deighan
• English subtitles

Fugue | Dekanalog U.S. Trailer from Dekanalog on Vimeo.