Pokot
Spoor
Agnieszka Holland
Janina Duszejko, a retired construction engineer, lives in a small mountain village on the Czech-Polish border. One day her beloved dogs disappear. A few months later she discovers a dead body of her neighbour; the only traces are those of roe deer hooves. As time goes by, more grisly killings are discovered. All victims were hunters, belonged to the local elite. The police investigation proves ineffective. Duszejko has her own theory: all murders were committed by wild animals…
»Our film could be called: ›No Country for Old Women‹. The world in which we live in, certainly Poland, is such a place. The main character of Spoor is honest, passionate but also mad. Mad with anger, obsessions, love for animals and with compassion for marginalized people. She is full of rebellion and outrage. Her cruel, anarchic revolt is not meant to outrage us. On the contrary – the viewer should identify with her. Is that immoral? Yes but only thanks to extreme provocation (underlined with humour and tenderness) can we uncover the injustice and cruelty of the world that Duszejko inhabits. She leads us through a landscape in which the beauty of nature and human friendship are mixed with mud, corruption, cruelty, stupidity and blood.«
– Agnieszka Holland

Agnieszka Holland
Holland graduated from the FAMU Film School in Prague and began her career assisting Krzysztof Zanussi and Andrzej Wajda. She collaborated with Krzysztof Kieslowski on the screenplay of his trilogy, Three Colors. Her film Fever screened in Competition at the Berlinale in 1981, the year in which she emigrated to Paris. She has made over thirty films, receiving awards including the Emmy, Golden Globe, Golden Lion and BAFTA and several Oscar nominations. After her foray into the realm of serialised drama (i.a. The Wire, House of Cards), Agnieszka Holland returns to the big screen with Spoor.
Films by Agnieszka Holland (Selection)
In Darkness 2011 | Janosik. Prawdziwa historia (Janosik: A True Story) 2009 | Copying Beethoven 2006 | Julie Walking Home 2002 | Washington Square 1997 | Total Eclipse 1995 | Olivier, Olivier 1992 | Europa Europa 1990 | Bittere Ernte (Angry Harvest) 1985 | Gorączka (Fever) 1981 | Aktorzy prowincjonalni 1979