The Essay

A detailed psychological study of a man in his youth, at the time of adolescence. The film depicts his search for identity and answers to the most important questions a teenage boy may have. The young man’s internal monologue forms a stream of consciousness welded to a unique visual amalgam of various phenomena and life situations.

written byAndrzej Barański
director of photographyTomasz Tarasin
musicHenryk Kuźniak
soundZdzisław Grzelka
edited byMaria Mastalińska
cast Michał Pietrzak, Alicja Sobieraj, Maria Wawszczyk
productionWytwórnia Filmów Oświatowych
production managerHenryk Kumor