Talk to Me

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Talk to Me

Marta Prus

PL
2015
Documentary
42’
Panorama

Marta Prus: »I‘m afraid of exerting my influence on your life. It was nice to be able to help you this time but the question is: Do I want that, and will I be able to help you the next time?«
Chris: »If I believed you, that I was doing it for myself, then I‘d have given up long ago.«

Actually Marta Prus wants to shoot a documentary about the young men in Monar rehabilitation centre in Warsaw… It‘s a place where time seems to stand still, everyone talks to each other a lot, reflecting on their own behaviour and the behaviour of others. All the patients are here for the same reason: they want to escape their addiction to drugs.

The young female film-maker meets 21-year-old Chris, and quickly gains his trust. For four years Chris was addicted to drugs. Thanks to the therapists and the clear structure provided here, he is now clean. But when faced by any kind of potential stressful situation, his thoughts immediately revert to having a joint. And right now he is feeling overwhelmed. The reason? He is attracted to the film-maker who is paying so much attention to him. Out of this situation comes a film about love.

Talk to Me poses the ultimate question in the context of the documentary film genre: Can documentary makers maintain the role of observers? What obligations arise from this special relationship of trust? What kind of influence on their subjects is allowed? And if they offer themselves as confidant, someone to talk to, an ally, what happens when they put an end to this relationship once the shoot is over?


Awards for Talk to Me 
Łodzą po Wiśle – Łodź Student Film Competition 2015

Director / Script

Marta Prus

Cinematography

Adam Suzin

Editing

Cecylia Pacura

Production

Telemarkt

Contact

Krakow Film Foundation

Portrait of Marta Prus

Marta Prus

Born 1987 in Warsaw, Prus first studied art history at the University of Warszaw, and since 2009 has been studying directing. She also took a documentary film course there by Andrzej Wajda. Her first film Vakha and Magomed (2010) won six awards at international film festivals.


Films by Marta Prus
Dzieci (Kids) 2014 | Nastoletnie Matki (Teen Mom Poland) 2014 | Obok mnie (Next to Me) 2014 | Nic Dookola (And Nothing Around) 2012 | Osiemnastla (Eighteenth Birthday) 2012 | Jutro Kiedy spisz (Tomorrow When You Sleep) 2011 | Vakha i Magomed (Vakha and Magomed) 2010