Tendressee

I think this story has a potential, it is captivating and interesting, the life of Stanislaw Marusarz (IMDb is not allowing the proper letter, that is a crossed l, so I write this name with a mistake, with a regular "l") is a ready movie script. The movie is factually and historically correct. Pity it was made as a short TV movie and not a regular around 90 minutes cinema movie, with enough time to deepen the story and widen some threads. The actors were chosen ideally, with a big precision, ressembling a lot the original people and, to make it realistic, main actors speak Podhale dialect between them. Child actors played really well, too.

Raya is one of the last survivors of the siege of Leningrad. We snoop into her life with the camera of Fima, young director, who speaks only a bit and lets Raya shine. From distrust to friendship, honoured by smoking a joint together in the last scene, Fima and Raya show us Raya´s world. We pass through several moments of Raya´s actual life, her memories and dreams. She stands firm in the name of the last war survivors, protect them from disrespect in the hospital, makes them being not forgotten by remembering about the birthdays of the oldest members of the community. Raya has some serious health issues, discussions with her daughter, but she takes everything with dignity and wit. This movie shows us a beauty of living, with all the possible life´s ups and downs.