26/02/2017
film
Icon
[Ikona], directed by Wojciech Kasperski, Poland 2016, 51'
Wojciech Kasperski’s documentary is not only a postcard from a Siberian hell, but also a story about the human soul and its maladies, and the limits of knowledge.
Icon is about a psychiatric hospital located somewhere in distant Siberia. Kasperski shows that he is a master of laconic storytelling and that he is able to touch on the most intimate truths about people, and yet maintain a distance and not cross ethical boundaries.
Film was awarded at the 56th Kraków Film Festival.
