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Opening
Night Screening
2006,
103 min., Poland
DIRECTION:
Jan Jakub Kolski
SCRIPT:
Jan Jakub Kolski
CINEMATOGRAPHY:
Krzysztof Ptak, P.S.C.
MUSIC:
Zygmunt Konieczny
EDITING:
Witold Chomiński
ART DIRECTION:
Joanna Doroszkiewicz
PRODUCED BY:
MS Films
PRODUCER:
Michal Szczerbic
CAST:
Janusz Gajos (Brother Sanitas), Grazyna Blecka-Kolska
(Natasha), Wiktoria Gosiewska (Gienia), Adam Ferency
(Prior Kleofas), Krzysztof Pieczynski (Brother Birdcherry)
JASMINUM
(a Latin word for jasmine) is Kolski's eleventh feature
film.
The plot is set in a monastery in our times. Apart from
Prior Kleofas and Brother Sanitas, three other monks
who reside there have their own particular body scents.
The prior is dead bent on finding portents of the soon-to-come
fulfillment of Prophet Barnabas' prophecy while Brethren
Plum, Cherry and Birdcherry issue body odors, each one
according to his name. One day a young art restorer
Natasha arrives to the monastery, commissioned for a
conservation of the sacred paintings. She brings in
her five year old daughter Gienia whose charm and inquiring
mind wreak havoc in the monks' monotonous life. And
there starts a mysterious and magical story filled with
sensuous scents and love…
SEE TRAILER
Jan
Jakub Kolski
B. 1956 in Wroclaw. Director, scriptwriter,
cinematographer, writer. The Lodz Film School graduate
( Cinematography Department, 1985). Made awarded documentaries
including The World's Most Beautiful Cave (1982) and
A Beautiful Day (1988). Wrote novel ("Breadcrumb")
and short stories ("Johnny the Aquarius and other
stories"). Member of the European Film Academy
since 2000.
Filmography:
| 1990 |
The
Potato Funeral (Pogrzeb kartofla), awards
at the Polish Film Festivals Gdynia '92 and Lagow
'93;
|
| 1992 |
Pograbek; |
| 1993 |
Magneto,
TV film;
Johnny the Aquarius (Jancio Wodnik),
Jury Special Prize, Journalists'& Best Male
Actor Awards at the Polish Film Festival in Gdynia;
Golden Teeth Award at PFFA Chicago '94; Best Film
and Best Actor at the Slavic FF in Moscow; Grand
Prix & Honorary Award at Young Eastern European
Cinema Festival Cottbus '94 and others;
|
| 1994 |
A
Miraculous Place (Cudowne miejsce), Best
Directing & Best Dialogues at the Polish Film
Festival Gdynia:
|
| 1995 |
Playing
for a Death Angel (Grajacy z talerza),
Best Script Award at the Polish Film Festival Gdynia,
Jury Award at Tokyo IFF;
A Sword from the Commander (Szabla
od komendanta); |
| 1998 |
The
Story of the Movies in Popielawy (Historia
kina w Popielawach), Grand Prix & Art House
Theatres Award at Gdynia; Silver Vitez at Slavic
Film Festival Moscow '99, Grand Prix Geneva '99;
Grand Prix at Alte Adria Cinema Festival in Triest
'99;
|
| 2000 |
Far
from a Window (Daleko od okna), Golden
Reel of the Polish Filmmakers' Association '01;
|
| 2003 |
Pornography
(Pornografia), Polish entry to the Academy Award
in Foreign Language Film category;
|
| 2006 |
Jasminum. |
Saturday, November 25,
2006 at 7:00 pm. (Portage Theatre)
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