ONDINE

POLISH TITLE: ONDYNA

There is a myth about Ondine, a water nymph, who fell in love with the mortal. Because of his infidelity, she put a curse on him that he would breathe only as long as he remembered about this. And so he died, as soon as he fell asleep. There is also a rare medical condition called Ondine’s Curse.

Cezary (22) still lives with his mother (50) and he is in love with Emilia (20), a rock singer. He also has a dark secret. One day all three of them have to deal with the mythical Ondine and her curse.

GENRE:
fiction
COUNTRY:
Poland
RUNNING TIME:
40'
YEAR:
COLOUR:
colour
DIRECTING:
Tomasz Śliwiński
SCRIPT:
Tomasz Śliwiński, Magda Hueckel
DOP:
Bartosz Świniarski
EDITOR:
Alan Zejer
CAST:
Bartosz Bielenia, Magdalena Koleśnik, Judyta Paradzińska
SOUND:
Mateusz Adamczyk, Zofia Moruś
PRODUCTION:
Studio Munka, Harine Films
COPRODUCTION:
TVN Film, Polska Fundacja CCHS Zdejmij Klatwę, Expresso Post Production, Sound Making

Tomasz Śliwiński »

Writer and director based in Warsaw. He is a graduate of Warsaw Film School and Wajda School of Film Directing in Warsaw. His previous short film “Our Curse” (2013) has been awarded at many international film festivals and was nominated for an Oscar Academy Award 2015 in the field of Documentary Short Subject.