Huba (Parasite)
a film by Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal
Poland, 2013, 66 Min
Super 16 mm transferred to 35 mm
produced by Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal Sadie Coles HQ
2013
Huba (Parasite) is a film about an ailing old man and a young mother. After retiring from the factory, the man, deprived of his daily routine, loses control over his time. Unable to eat or sleep, he starts drying up. The mother and child are like a single organism. Yet their relationship is, for all its closeness, one of dependence and inequality. The child, whose attach- ment to life is the strongest, is ravenous and needy; the woman, though enjoying a brief moment of freedom, is doomed to be a victim, while the old man has nothing to keep him going now that he can no longer work at the factory. When the three of them try to have a life together, they are like the Holy Family reversed. Brought together by chance, their lives intertwine in a web of oppression. The film follows their daily existence and slow decline.
Written and Directed by / Anka and Wilhelm Sasnal
Cast / Joanna Drozda, Jerzy Gajlikowski, Wojtek Słowik
Director of Photography / Wilhelm Sasnal
Edited by / Beata Walentowska
Sound by / Igor Kłaczyński
Make-up Artist / Aleksandra Dutkiewicz
Costume Designer / Ewelina Gąsior
Production Designer / Marek Zawierucha
Executive Producer / Filmpolis Agata Szymańska
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