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ELZBIETA K.

Technical details

Screenplay and direction: Idriss Karim
Duration: 12 min
Year: 1973
Film format: 35mm
Cinematography: Jerzy Oborski
Sound: Tadeusz Palczynski
Artistic advice: Kazimierz Karabasz, Jerzy Bossak, Adolf Forbert
Assistants: Djamel Bourtel, Pawel Kwiek
Editing: Halina Gronwocka
Production: PWSFTviT / documentary study

synopsis

A deeply moving portrait of a young Polish woman seeking independence and happiness outside of accepted norms. In the daytime, she is a life model in an art school, and in the evening, she takes care alone of her young daughter in their modest apartment. In the film, she tells of her solitude.

FESTIVALS

- 5th Nyon International Documentary Film Festival, 1973
Special Jury Prize for a selection of films from the Lódź Film School: Elzbieta K and Marta by Karim Idriss, and Zofia I Ludmila by Hamid Bensaïd
- Young Polish Film Main Prize, 1972
- Oberhaus Festival, out of competition, 1974

"The excellent Polish selection should be noted. The films made in Łódź by the Moroccan Idriss Karim undeniably stand out. In just a few minutes, Karim sketches a portrait of two women, Marta and Elzbieta, and shows us the challenges of their existence with acumen and economy. In Zofia and Ludmila, Hamid Bensaïd looks at the issue of gypsies".
Journal de Genève, 31 October 1973