The Balcony Movie

The director spends entire days on his balcony, from where he films events on the sidewalk. He calls down to passers-by and tries to engage them in conversation – about their everyday worries, about religion, art and the meaning of life. All along, he is trying to find, from among them, the main protagonist for his film. In their rush, some of the strangers refuse to stop. Others are embarrassed in front of the camera, but in some people the camera awakens a desire to show off or to engage in philosophical monologues. The diverse lives and views of his subjects offer a look at the contemporary state of Polish society while the interviews provide the film’s protagonists with an almost therapeutic catharsis. (Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival)