PODCAST| Matt Micucci interviews Ewa Bukowska, director of the film53 Wars.
Ewa Bukowska aptly presented her feature directorial debut, 53 Wars, at the 53rd Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, where it was featured in the East of the West – Competition strand. The film talks about PTSD by telling the story of the anxiety experienced by the wife of a war reporter. In this interview, Bukowska discusses this interesting fictional and universal take on the topic, as well as the importance of creativity and the Stanislavsky method.
53 Wars: Anka is becoming extremely anxious about her beloved husband Witek, a war correspondent. But where does the border lie between reality and catastrophic visions? An evocative psychological drama adapted from the autobiographical novel by Grazyna Jagielska about experiencing war second-hand: we don’t have to be there for it to have a destructive influence on our lives.
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