Director:
Waldemar KrzystekCámara:
Arkadiusz TomiakMúsica:
Maciej ZielińskiReparto:
Tatyana Arntgolts, Aleksandr Baluev, Sonia Bohosiewicz, Adam Woronowicz, Artyom Tkachenko, Dmitri Ulyanov, Agata Buzek, Tomasz Kot, Alyona Babenko (más)Sinopsis(1)
A mysterious serial killer who has been nicknamed The Photographer is terrorizing the city of Mos-cow. The police are trying to catch him with the help of Natasha, the only woman to survive one of his attacks. Why did he allow her to live? The trail takes them from Moscow to Poland and further into the past. Natasha, with the help of a Polish detective follows clues that lead them to Red Army top-secret archives where they uncover secrets that should have been long forgotten. The film is loosely based on real events and reflect the sensitive nature of Polish-Russian relations. (Days of European Film)
(más)Reseñas (3)
At the start, I didn’t really get why the Polish would shoot a movie with Russian actors and in a Russian environment. But then the story steered towards Poland and everything started to make sense. If you’re expecting a movie about a mass murderer the likes of Se7en, don’t. This is a regular European masochism in an absolutely realistic form. And since the Polish are good at a whole range of genres nowadays, they couldn’t have screwed this up. I’m only denying them one star for the momentary abstruseness of the story that they, however, managed to clear up later.
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Polish and Russian relations have been burdened by centuries of mutual rivalry, which, in the modern era, underwent a fundamental shift in the balance of power in Eastern Europe, greatly favoring the tsarist empire and resulting in the long-term loss of Polish independence and the tormenting experience of Poles with a repressive, backward, and poorly governed state. It is even more surprising that the film is set in present-day Russia and that the overwhelming majority of dialogues are in Russian. It doesn't make sense to approach The Photographer as a typical crime story about an elusive phantom leaving behind ruined human lives. It is much more a mysterious story through which the authors return to the recent past and shed light on the essence of the functioning of the Soviet system and its impact on society as a whole. Don't be discouraged by the absurd elements or confusing genre categorization. This is a strong and originally shot film about an individual who initially wanted to perfectly conform to the system, only to subsequently rebeliously defy it in a peculiar and cruel way. As an added bonus, we also get the interesting and unconventional Taťjana Arntgolc. She is a discovery for me, and I hope to have the opportunity to admire her acting in a decent blockbuster sometime. Overall impression: 80%.
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Estoy muy contento de no haber incluido al Fotógrafo en el Challenge Tour, porque sería muy injusto para los otros países: los polacos simplemente ganarían, quiero que sea más interesante. El Fotógrafo es absolutamente fascinante, una película inteligente que combina elementos de drama psicológico, thriller y crimen, y requiere la completa concentración del espectador desde el primer hasta el último minuto. Aquellos que fueron a ver esta película después de un duro día de trabajo o en un mal estado de ánimo no podían mantenerse al tanto. En algunos momentos, ni siquiera respiré por la tensión y absorbí nueva y nueva información que iluminaba un pasado aterrador, que me ponía los pelos de punta. La primera impresión del final fue una gran decepción, pero después fue reemplazada por la satisfacción de que así era como debía terminar, así es como está bien. Dentro de mí, el amante de las novelas policíacas se despertó de inmediato, el que tuvo que vencer al amante de las películas de calidad, en las que la literalidad no es necesaria. Nuestros amigos polacos nos dan grandes lecciones de cine. Y en estos tiempos turbulentos, estoy contento de tener la oportunidad de ver el excelente resultado de la cooperación cultural polaco-rusa y presenciar cómo se dan cariñosos empujones en la película.
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