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POLISH TITLE: KOCHANKOWIE

’For him I’m a woman, not a wheel chair’, says one of the characters featuring in Rafał Skalski’s documentary when describing the relations between her, a woman with mobility problems, and her partner. The film is a story of love, attachment and a life together with a disabled person, which is not much different from the life of healthy couples. They have the same dreams, needs and desires. They plan their future together, furnish a new flat, go dancing and travel. They are not ashamed of talking about their intimacy and discussing their sexual activity in a remarkably open way. Like every relationship, they also encounter problems that are not always caused by disability.

FILM REPRESENTED BY THE KRAKOW FILM FOUNDATION 

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRYI:
Polska
RUNNING TIME:
51'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Rafał Skalski
SCRIPT:
Rafał Skalski
DOP:
Jakub Giza
EDITOR:
Marek Skrzecz
PRODUCER:
HBO CENTRAL EUROPE

Rafał Skalski »

Rafał Skalski - born 1985, 8 September. Film director and script writer of documentaries, fictions and commercials.A graduate of the Directing Department of the Polish National Film School in Lodz. His films “52 percent" (Polish National Television, 2007), “Girls” (Polish National Television, 2009), “Play with me” (Polish National Television, 2010),”Lovers” (HBO, 2010) have been awarded and screened at many international festivals such as Cannes, IDFA Amsterdam, DOXA Vancouver, London, Lisbon, Toronto, Cracow, etc.He has been awarded several scholarships for talented young artists in Poland, participated at the Berlinale Talent Campus and is a member of the Polish Film Academy.
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