Project Detail

Maska

Synopsis

‘It’ is created piece by piece, limb by limb, and then with a sudden ‘rush of gender’ takes the shape of an automaton disguised as a beautiful female Duenna sent on a mission into a courtly kingdom to mercilessly track down a prince and kill him. Although she is programmed to kill, she is also capable simultaneously of questioning this programation and it is this friction between the soul and the machine that keeps one suspended between belief and disbelief.

Details

Year: 2010
Type of project: Shorts
Running time: 23 mins
Director: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay (The Brothers Quay)
Producer: Marlena Lukasiak, Zbigniew Zmudzki
Executive Producer: Adam Ptak
Editor: Janusz Czubak
Screenwriter: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
Director of Photography: Stephen Quay, Timothy Quay
Composer: Krzysztof Penderecki

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Se-ma-for Studios

ul. Targowa 1/3 B. 24
Lodz 90-022
Poland
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Fax: +48 42 682 2601

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