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TONIA AND HER CHILDREN

POLISH TITLE: TONIA I JEJ DZIECI

Tonia and Her Children is a film about the consequences of the parents’ ideological choices, which are borne by their children. The director presents a story of siblings, Wera and Marcel Lechtman, who were sent to a children’s home while their mother, a pre‑war communist, was arrested. In the film the protagonists recollect the past and are trying to understand their mother’s choices. They speak about their very personal experiences.

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GENRE:
documentary
RUNNING TIME:
54'
YEAR:
DIRECTING:
Marcel Łoziński
SCRIPT:
Marcel Łoziński
DOP:
Paweł Łoziński, Magdalena Kowalczyk, Jacek Petrycki
PRODUCER:
Studio Filmowe KRONIKA

Marcel Łoziński »

Born in 1940 in Paris. He earned his degree in Film Directing from Łódź Film School. He has made a number of excellent documentaries, which include The Visit (1974), Front Collision (1975), How to Live (1977), Microphone’s Test (1980), Practice Exercises (1984), Anything Can Happen (1995), So It Doesn’t Hurt (1998), How It’s Done (2006) and was nominated to the European Academy Award and American Oscar for his documentary film entitled 89 mm from Europe (1993). For the past four years he has been the head of the documentary programme at the Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing.
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