Four nights with Anna
By Jerzy Skolimowski
Infos
FOUR NIGTHS WITH ANNA is making the opening of the 40th edition of the "Quinzaine des Réalisateurs"
French release November 5, 2008
Directed by
Jerzy Skolimowski
Written by
Ewa Piaskowska et Jerzy Skolimowski
Produced by
Alfama Films Production et Skopia Film
In association with
Wild Bunch
Coproduced by
Telewizja Polska S.A. - Agencja Filmowa
With the participation of
Polish Film Institute et C.N.C.
And the support of
Soficapital
French Distribution
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Edited by
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Synopsis
A small, provincial town on the outskirts of Poland. Leon Okrasa, 40, is a stoker at the hospital crematory. In the past, he witnessed – or perhaps committed – a brutal rape upon Anna, now 30 and working as a nurse at the same hospital. They live near one another as well, she – in a hostel for workers next to the hospital, he – in a dilapidated cottage a few meters away. He often spies on her in the streets by day and peeps at her window by night. But he wants more. One night he sneaks into her room through the window and spends the night sitting at her bed, looking at her in the moonlight. It soon becomes an obsession. He breaks into her room more and more often. And, step by step, he begins to influence her life – sews in a missing button, mends her clock, replaces spoiled food in her fridge, etc. When he begins to mix powdered sleeping pills with her sugar, it is clear that Leon is about to loose control. Will he rape her? We know he used to be a prisoner and he can often remind scenes of trial and incarceration. Anna begins to notice strange things happening around her, but she thinks it’s all in her head.
One day, Leon is arrested when sneaking into Anna’s through the window. A new court session begins, when Leon proves his deep feelings for Anna. Perhaps it is true love after all.
Casting
Leon Okrasa…………Artur Steranko
Anna…………………Kinga Preis
Le psy………………...Jerzy Fedorowicz
Le juge……………….Redbad Klijnstra
Filmography
Director
Quatre Nuits avec Anna (2008)
Ferdydurke (1991)
Eaux Printanières (Torrents of spring) (1989)
Le Bateau Phare (The Lightship) (1985)
Prix de la réalisation au Festival de Venise
Le Succès à Tout Prix (Success is the best revenge) (1984)
Travail au Noir (Moonlighting) (1982)
Prix du Scénario au Festival de Cannes
Hands up ! (1981)
Le Cri du Sorcier (The Shout) (1978)
Grand Prix Spécial du Jury au Festival de Cannes
Roi, Dame, Valet (1972)
Deep End (1970)
Les Aventures du Brigadier Gérard (The Adventures of Gerard) (1970)
Le Départ (1967)
Ours d’Or au Festival du Film de Berlin
Barrier (1966)
Prix Spécial du Jury au Festival de Valladolid
Walk Over (1965)
Prix au Festival de Mannheim
Screenwriter
Quatre Nuits avec Anna (2008)
America (2005)
Ferdydurke (1991)
Eaux Printanières (1989)
Shocked (1986)
Succès à Tout Prix (1984)
Travail au Noir (Moonlighting) (1982)
Prix du scénario Festival de Cannes
Hands up ! (1981)
Le Cri du Sorcier (The Shout) (1978)
Grand Prix Spécial du Jury au Festival de Cannes
Les Aventures du Brigadier Gérard (1970)
Deep End (1970)
Le Départ (1967)
Ours d’Or Festival du Film de Berlin
Barrier (1967)
Prix Spécial du Jury au Festival de Valladolid
Walk Over (1965)
Prix au Festival de Mannheim
Le Couteau dans l’Eau de Roman Polanski (1963)
Innocent Sorcerers d’Andrzej Wajda (1960)
Actor
Les promesses de l’ombre de David Cronenberg (2006)
Avant la nuit (Before night falls) de Julian Schnabel (2000)
L.A without a map de Mika Kaurismäki (1998)
Mars Attacks! de Tim Burton (1996)
Big Shots de Robert Mandel (1987)
Soleil de nuit (White Nights) de Taylor Hackford (1985)
Le Faussaire (Die Falshung) de Volker Schlöndorff (1981)
Producer
The Hollow Men de Joseph Kay et Michael Lyndon (1993)
Le Succès à Tout Prix de Jerzy Skolimowski (1984)
Travail au Noir de Jerzy Skolimowski (1982)
Prix du Scénario- Festival de Cannes
