fiction / 2018 / Poland, Czech Republic, Sweden / col. / 100 min.
Alicja suffers from memory loss and has rebuilt her own free spirited way of life. Two years later, she returns to her family and unwillingly resumes her role as wife, mother and daughter. Her estranged husband and son do not recognize this woman who looks familiar, but behaves like a stranger. Feelings of alienation, love and revelations rekindle her interior flame. – Fugue evokes the social taboos around motherhood and the pressure on women to accept maternity without hesitation or reflection, as though the biological capacity of giving birth means that every woman should be willing to be a mother.
Director: Agnieszka Smoczyńska
Screenplay: Gabriela Muscała
Photography: Jakub Kijowski
Editor: Jarosław Kamiński
Music: Filip Míšek
Cast: Gabriela Muscała, Łukasz Simlat, Małgorzata Buczkowska-Szlenkier, Zbigniew Waleryś, Halina Rasiakówna, Piotr Skiba, Iwo Rajski, Klara Bielawka, Dariusz Chojnacki