Genres
Production Companies
Telewizja Polska
End of the World (Koniec świata)
Overview
The Mayan doomsday prophecy looms over a dark night in Poland. A late-night radio host takes in calls from citizens expressing their concerns, predictions and speculations on what may happen when—or even if—the sun comes up. Simultaneously, a crisis centre dispatcher fields panicked calls from people experiencing real-life traumatic situations in need of immediate attention. The voices of these callers are interwoven with an intimate therapy session and a wandering taxicab to build a profile of a place where citizens want to be heard. Never showing the callers on the other end of the line, the film creates an aural overview of a darkened city. As the night progresses, the calls continue coming in, revealing the various struggles people are experiencing in dealing with conceptual fears and current woes—all in a world that soon may be over.
Key Crew
Writer: Monika Pawluczuk
Director: Monika Pawluczuk
Producer: Katarzyna Ślesicka
Director of Photography: Jakub Giza, Szymon Lenkowski, Małgorzata Szyłak, Michał Dymek
