THE VOICE

POLISH TITLE: GŁOS

REPRESENTED BY KFF

The Jesuit Order novitiate is a severe form of a trial. During two years of isolation from society and the comforts of civilisation, young men have enough time to ponder the question: Is the religious life for me? In the documentary by Dominika Montean-Pańków, we can see, among other things, the first lectures for future clergy. ‘If you sit in a shack, you will see the fruits in everyday life’, says an elderly monk. Wojciech Staroń’s shots of the desert define the symbolic horizon of the experience of the novices, and the steady rhythm of Adam Bałdych’s score creates an aura of meditation.

GENRE:
documentary
COUNTRY:
Poland
RUNNING TIME:
73'
YEAR:
COLOUR:
colour
DIRECTING:
Dominika Montean-Pańków
SCRIPT:
Dominika Montean-Pańków
DOP:
Wojciech Staroń
EDITOR:
Milenia Fiedler
MUSIC:
Adam Bałdych
SOUND:
Leszek Freund, Piotr Pastuszak
PRODUCTION:
KALEJDOSKOP Film Studio
COPRODUCTION:
Telewizja Polska S.A.

Dominika Montean-Pańków »

Film director. She is a graduate of English Philology from the Jagiellonian University and Film Directing at Krzysztof Kieslowski Film School in Katowice, Poland. She’s the author of many short films, documentaries and TV programs. At present, she’s a doctoral student of Film Directing Department at Polish Film School in Lodz. Her latest work is a full-length documentary ”The Voice”.