Kaja Zalewska

Eighty-year-old Tadeusz lives a quiet life as a pensioner with his wife Helena. After years of working in a hospital, he wants to enjoy old age and his charming house with a garden, where they soon plan to hold their beloved granddaughter’s wedding. The idyll is shattered by a tragic car accident that casts a shadow over his marriage and reveals cracks in his relationship with his son.

La petite mort is a personal experiment balancing between film, theater and documentary. Inspired by the character of Ophelia, this story of friendship, memory, and coming of age navigates the archives of childhood and the experiences of girls growing up in a small Polish town in the early 21st century.