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Produced by
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Happy Birthday to You,
Happy Birthday to You...
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Director of Photography
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Happy Birthday Dear Jaś,
Happy Birthday to You...
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Music
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Many happy returns of the day.
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All the best. Plenty of health,
happiness, and good fortune.
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And may you be always a cool guy.
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Nothing that I have so far achieved as an actress
can compare to my personal accomplishments.
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I think being a wife and mother is the
most beautiful role I've ever played.
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And I'm going to stick to it
because it makes me very proud.
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I love being a mother
because my kids are most lovable.
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Once she said to me,
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"Jaś surely won't remember me,
he'll only have my photographs."
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Jaś
May 2011
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Bravo!
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Some persons are very close to you
even after they die.
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I'm not saying it just for the sake of this
film. Simply, that's just the way it is.
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For instance, I know the way Anka stands,
looks like, smiles, how she looks at us...
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I just know it.
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I precisely remember
the sound of her voice.
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She's here with us.
All the time.
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Maybe I'm a lunatic,
but I know it's true.
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I know she has many friends
and acquaintances...
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I think of her every single day.
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Because I pray for her.
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If there is the hereafter,
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I think the first thing Ania will do
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when we do meet
is to chew me out for not calling.
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She had a beautiful personal feature that's
not so common or obvious among artists.
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I mean, the instant the spotlights
and the camera are off,
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you can stop acting.
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You're just human then;
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the most amazing average person
in the world at that.
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ANN
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Ania was born in December 1978, during
so called 'the winter of the century".
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She was a quiet and calm child,
but she was constantly hungry.
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And that has never changed...
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She had beautiful big eyes,
and she was constantly hungry.
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She was really likable. But her characteristic
voice always attracted people's attention.
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AGNIESZKA KUBERA
SISTER
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They would say, "You're such a sweet little
cutie, but you sound like an old person."
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This distinct feature defined her.
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She was simply a buddy from the yard.
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Always wearing old blue jeans and
sneakers and riding a pink bicycle...
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MONIKA BRONIAREK
HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND
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She wanted to achieve a lot in her life.
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Maybe, at first,
she didn't think about acting,
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but she wanted to be on stage,
that's for sure.
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It was hard not to notice her;
she attracted attention.
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Her big eyes and big lips.
She was always beautiful.
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Everybody liked her. I think she stood out not
only in our form, but throughout the school.
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ANNA TOMASZEWSKA
HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND
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Everybody knew her.
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It's 1994. I set up a modeling agency.
I'm looking for girls.
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MAŁGORZATA RUDOWSKA
AGENT, FRIEND
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They came for the audition. Ania
was brought by her high school friend.
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That was the first time I saw Ania.
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My name is Anna Przybylska.
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I'll turn 17 next month.
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I'm a student at the Marshal Józef
Piłsudski High School in Gdynia.
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And I'm 5,7 feet tall.
Not too much, but that'll do.
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She had complexes. She thought
she was too short. Or too thin.
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KRYSTYNA PRZYBYLSKA
MOTHER
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She was not aware of her looks; that she
had such long legs and was that beautiful.
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But that's how people perceived her.
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Eventually, someone came up to
her and said, "You cut the mustard."
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And then she said to me,
"I don't want to be a model, ma'am."
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- So, who do you want to be?
- An actress.
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I've never wanted to be a model.
I became a model by chance.
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But I think what I want to do in the future
is somehow connected with that profession.
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My mom and I were invited
to Ania's first fashion show.
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Right before the show I remember
we were running around town,
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looking for a flesh-colored thong.
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It was a total novelty to me; until then
that I had no idea what a thong was.
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That was something Ania brought
from the big world of modelling.
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She said she had to wear flesh-colored
underwear under those clothes.
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The folks from the Model Plus agency
came to tell us
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about the Face of the Year contest.
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The Face of the Year contest is a big
opportunity for many young girls and boys.
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Many of them really dream
of a big career as a model.
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Ania was short-listed for the finals. I was
so moved that my eyes were full of tears.
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Back then, we didn't know
it was just a beginning.
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Soon, some lady called and said to me,
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"You said one of your girls wanted
to be an actress."
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"There is an audition to Sławomir Piwowarski's
film in Warsaw. Maybe you should go."
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So, Ania went with Małgosia
to her first audition.
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I was making a screen test
for "The Dark Side of Venus".
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A few dozen beautiful girls came.
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And there was a weird
creature among them;
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RADOSŁAW PIWOWARSKI DIRECTOR OF "THE DARK SIDE
OF VENUS" MOVIE AND "THE ZŁOTOPOLSKIS" TV SERIAL
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a close-cropped child with big eyes, and
speaking in a very low voice at that.
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"I'm Anka from the coast."
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She looked like some extraterrestrial.
But she stuck in my memory.
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She wasn't better than the others,
she was much worse, actually.
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But you did remember her.
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Mr. Piwowarski offered Ania the role,
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but first he had to
talk with Ania's mom.
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So...
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There was a chance for something,
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but back then nobody knew exactly
what that "something" would be...
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The producer, Kajtek Frykowski, puts the
contract in front of Ania's mom and says,
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"Ania is still a minor, so you
have to sign the contract for her."
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And I put the script on the table and
say, "Hold on. Read the script first."
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"It's serious film. It's a psychological
drama about the dark side of the female soul."
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And in the corner of my eye, I see
that Ania is petrified with fear
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that her mother may get scared
with what I just said.
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And her mom pushes the script
away from her
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with the gesture that I
will never forget, and says,
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"She always wanted to be an actress,
I'm not going to stand in her way."
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What is it, ma'am?
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I'm here to see Ewa.
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My wife is sleeping now.
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Max?
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Pardon?
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Is it you?
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Excuse me, but...
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Have we met?
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JAN ENGLERT
ACTOR
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I worked with some persons
on the film set for two, three months,
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and I don't remember them.
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But I remember Przybylska, after
working with her for two days only.
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We presented the film
at the Gdynia Film Festival.
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The press conference. I'm sitting
with Ania and Agnieszka Wagner.
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And the atmosphere is somehow tense
and hostile.
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POLISH FILM FESTIVAL
GDYNIA 1997
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And I say,
"You may like the movie, or not,
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but at least remember one name -
Anna Przybylska. She will be a star."
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Such unstudied and shirtsleeve people
are few and far between.
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And it's even more rare to meet someone
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who can be this way with
such unconcerned ease.
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She didn't have any complexes
towards the director,
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other actors, the film set situations...
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Her total directness was charming.
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She must have had some special aura...
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And that's the way Ania,
wearing her Dr. Martens boots
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and knitted wool hat, entered the world
of Polish movie stars.
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I first met Ania right after the
"Dark Side of Venus" opened.
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KRYSTYNA PYTLAKOWSKA
JOURNALIST
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I realized she would be a great actress.
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So, I decided to interview her.
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She was very young back then.
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She was 19 perhaps...
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And we simply talked about her life,
acting career, her plans for the future...
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I knew it wouldn't be our first conversation,
and, indeed, I talked with her many times later.
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I was very lucky
and I simply hit the jackpot.
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From the very start I worked
with renowned actors.
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And that was just great.
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I think that the opportunity to work
with outstanding actors
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for so many years molded me.
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I benefited a lot from meeting them
and talking with them.
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And that's what I cherish most.
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I knew from the very start that...
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she has to be handled differently
than the other actors;
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you should make use of the way she is.
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"THE DARK SIDE OF VENUS"
DIRECTED BY RADOSŁAW PIWOWARSKI
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And you mustn't force her to anything.
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For over a century now, everybody plays
according to Stanislavski's system.
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Meaning, an actor experiencing the role,
the character he plays.
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In her case it was totally the other way
around. Anka always had to be herself.
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The first time I heard about Anka was...
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ANDRZEJ PIASECZNY
SINGER
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When Radosław Piwowarski said to me,
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"Mind my words. You'll see..."
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- All right, but what will I see?
- Wait! And you'll see.
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"THE ZŁOTOPOLSKIS"
DIRECTED BY RADOSŁAW PIWOWARSKI
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Hot Stove. For you, sir.
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Thank you,
but you suffered needless expenses.
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I didn't. Everybody gives me something
when I'm on patrol.
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- For free?
- Yes.
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But that's bribery.
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That's corrupting a policewoman.
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Corrupting? Come on. They just hit on
me, and I always take a double serving.
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One for you, boss, and one for myself.
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Right. But when the chips are down,
they can accuse us of taking bribes.
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When Ania showed up on the set
for the first time,
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ARKADIUSZ JANICZEK
ACTOR
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nobody was surprised what she was
doing there. We all gazed in awe at her.
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It was incredible that Radosław discovered
someone like her at the audition.
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Piwowarski discovered Anka and insisted that
she would play a policewoman at the station.
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PAWEŁ WAWRZECKI
ACTOR
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And that it would be best if she shows up
there and falls in love with the commander.
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Thank you.
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For what?
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The wonderful evening.
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- Marylka...
- What?
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- Marylka...
- What?
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Be quiet.
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Though I was ever so much younger then, I met
very serious, intelligent, and wise people.
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Most of them were big
names in the film industry,
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but they never made me feel
professionally inferior to them,
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and never treated me like a snot.
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For starters,
she met the best Polish actors.
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She could watch them, spar with them,
rehearse and eventually-act with them.
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Just imagine, every day she worked with
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Paweł Wawrzecki, Henryk Machalica,
Alina Janowska...
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No school in the world would give her
the opportunity that she got here.
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She was just a child back then
and she played with the best every day.
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She was a colleague who responded
to every instruction like a pro.
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We liked it very much.
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And every time she
would hit a bull's-eye.
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So, it was high time for
what the Germans call Brüderschaft,
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meaning: to drop those Misters
and Misses, drink a glass of vodka
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and start using first names.
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The role of Marylka Baka was superbly
created by our scriptwriter, Jan Purzycki.
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Plus, the work of our four directors...
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All this brought me tons of fans
over those few years.
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It wasn't just a bit part.
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It was an important role.
It was her TV serial.
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She would stride into the studio
and ask, "What are we doing today?"
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ANNA DERESZOWSKA
ACTRESS
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Every single day of shooting
on the set with her
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PIOTR SZWEDES
ACTOR
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was a kind of madness
in the most positive sense of the word.
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For me,
it was also a lesson of humility.
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It was obvious that
Anka was a number one,
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and I could bend over backwards, but...
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I tried to fight up to a certain moment,
but I soon realized it made no sense.
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You should let Anka loose
and just partner her.
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We were said to kiss during one
of the first scenes we played together.
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"That's what the script said,
so, there we go, rehearsal."
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Will you gimme a kiss, cop?
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So, we reach the moment in our dialog
when we're supposed to kiss.
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- For Merry Christmas.
- No.
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I don't know what else to say!
It was really a big surprise.
231
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Piasek and I were fighting for Ania
for many years.
232
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And I think it was the
same story in real life.
233
00:18:13,376 --> 00:18:16,767
We all fought for her as we were all
under her spell.
234
00:18:17,296 --> 00:18:19,572
I fell head over heels in love
235
00:18:19,696 --> 00:18:20,925
SZYMON BOBROWSKI
ACTOR
236
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when I saw in the "Złotopolskis" the
most beautiful creature in the world.
237
00:18:25,256 --> 00:18:28,727
Ania was a very young girl when she
started to perform in the "Złotopolskis",
238
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I never played in that serial,
239
00:18:31,016 --> 00:18:35,135
but I saw someone gorgeous, unique,
beautiful... In a nutshell -lovable.
240
00:18:39,136 --> 00:18:42,652
Those big eyes, the big lips...
And that big truth.
241
00:18:43,136 --> 00:18:46,573
Plus that passion,
girlishness, and femininity...
242
00:18:47,256 --> 00:18:49,168
And such honesty.
243
00:18:49,536 --> 00:18:53,246
Everything. She was a gorgeous girl,
gorgeous woman, and a phenomenal person.
244
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Love at first sight.
245
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Right after an album release,
246
00:19:02,536 --> 00:19:08,612
TVP came up with
my "Piasek and Friends" concert.
247
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Please welcome... But please
make it a really warm welcome.
248
00:19:12,536 --> 00:19:15,529
Because you know,
it's very hard to go on stage and sing.
249
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Ania Przybylska!
250
00:19:21,056 --> 00:19:26,973
I can't recall the details now, but I think
I had to almost drag her to the stage.
251
00:19:28,056 --> 00:19:33,085
I remember I hugged her
and felt that she was simply trembling.
252
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I guess her voice was trembling too.
253
00:19:35,816 --> 00:19:39,127
It would be interesting to see it again
after so many years.
254
00:19:40,896 --> 00:19:44,936
Now and then,
blind fate sends you from above,
255
00:19:45,736 --> 00:19:49,969
First some good thoughts,
and then bitter tears.
256
00:19:50,576 --> 00:19:54,695
Sometimes you say:
they live easier lives,
257
00:19:55,296 --> 00:19:59,734
But that's your lot;
this is your own film.
258
00:20:00,616 --> 00:20:04,735
So, when nothing makes you happy,
259
00:20:04,856 --> 00:20:07,655
And don't you feel like doing anything.
260
00:20:10,456 --> 00:20:12,368
Just stand up, do something;
261
00:20:12,616 --> 00:20:17,293
Turn all your longings
into moments of pure gold
262
00:20:18,936 --> 00:20:22,976
Find the golden means,
do it here today.
263
00:20:24,496 --> 00:20:27,807
Find the golden means the way we did,
264
00:20:32,776 --> 00:20:36,087
And then say
if that film's gonna be your gold mine;
265
00:20:38,936 --> 00:20:44,091
Say if it's gonna be something
you pleaded for.
266
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Bravo for Ania!
267
00:20:53,536 --> 00:20:58,452
We met in a previous century, I think.
I guess it was in 1999.
268
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We hit it off right away.
269
00:21:02,376 --> 00:21:07,690
It's hard to describe it now,
because we were almost kids back then.
270
00:21:08,496 --> 00:21:10,408
But we were head over heels in love.
271
00:21:14,256 --> 00:21:15,451
It was in Croatia.
272
00:21:15,776 --> 00:21:17,335
Are you going to say anything?
273
00:21:20,416 --> 00:21:21,486
I love you.
274
00:21:21,736 --> 00:21:24,092
It was the first time
she said she loved me.
275
00:21:26,136 --> 00:21:28,970
I'm starving.
Don't deny me food.
276
00:21:30,136 --> 00:21:32,492
Crazy days, really.
But very happy as well.
277
00:21:32,656 --> 00:21:36,047
Young folks. Very happy.
With lots of positive energy.
278
00:21:37,416 --> 00:21:39,692
Lots of love, laughter, and fun...
279
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He didn't tell me
280
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who he was dating,
who he was in love with...
281
00:22:16,576 --> 00:22:18,852
LIDIA BIENIUK
JAROSŁAW BIENIUK'S MOTHER
282
00:22:18,976 --> 00:22:22,447
He just said,
"I have a surprise for you, mom."
283
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I'll call on you.
And I'll bring someone with me.
284
00:22:27,736 --> 00:22:28,772
And that was all.
285
00:22:29,136 --> 00:22:32,447
I was just a kid then. A young boy
who just moved out from his parents'
286
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with a fresh contract in hand.
287
00:22:35,416 --> 00:22:40,536
They were dating for two months, I guess, when
Ania came and said she was moving to Wronki.
288
00:22:40,696 --> 00:22:42,767
"What's Wronki?", I asked.
"Where is it?"
289
00:22:43,096 --> 00:22:45,691
It was then that I found out
there was that football club.
290
00:22:46,136 --> 00:22:48,412
We pull up in front of my house.
291
00:22:50,336 --> 00:22:56,048
I was living in a four-floor block of flats
right next to the wall of the Wronki prison.
292
00:22:56,536 --> 00:23:01,008
There was a bench in front of the house,
and old ladies staring through the windows.
293
00:23:01,376 --> 00:23:03,174
The weather was beautiful.
294
00:23:03,376 --> 00:23:06,494
We parked on the street because
back then, there were no parking places.
295
00:23:07,456 --> 00:23:11,530
We get out, Ania looks around and
says with her peculiar sense of humor,
296
00:23:11,736 --> 00:23:13,614
"Yes, I've always belonged here."
297
00:23:13,816 --> 00:23:17,127
She sat on the bench, crossed her legs,
pretended she was smoking
298
00:23:17,336 --> 00:23:21,171
and pushing a stroller at the same time,
and said, "Want some coffee, babe?"
299
00:23:36,216 --> 00:23:40,051
She had her little shops, her neighbors...
They were simply playing house.
300
00:23:40,416 --> 00:23:45,286
There was great chemistry between them.
She fondly recalled their life in Wronki.
301
00:23:55,696 --> 00:23:58,211
They were really tailor made.
302
00:23:59,656 --> 00:24:02,967
It was just like
the two halves of an apple met.
303
00:24:03,336 --> 00:24:07,967
It was obvious from the very start
it would be a lifetime relationship.
304
00:24:20,616 --> 00:24:25,771
Ania was already a star then, so folks would
turn their heads to look at her in Wronki.
305
00:24:27,136 --> 00:24:30,413
I got used to being a minister's wife,
though they say it has disadvantages.
306
00:24:30,536 --> 00:24:32,312
"THE CAREER OF NIKOŚ DYZMA"
DIRECTED BY JACEK BROMSKI
307
00:24:32,336 --> 00:24:35,352
Because usually when guys come to power,
they become impotent. And I'm only 24.
308
00:24:35,376 --> 00:24:38,289
Just like all my friends
who are their wives and lovers.
309
00:24:38,456 --> 00:24:41,335
And it's disastrous to have a lover
and not be able to shag her.
310
00:24:41,456 --> 00:24:43,095
They say power makes your balls shrink.
311
00:24:43,216 --> 00:24:45,572
So, you'd better stay away
from the hallways of power...
312
00:24:46,136 --> 00:24:47,570
Eat something before it gets cold.
313
00:24:49,616 --> 00:24:54,566
We met the moment we both shared
the same dream and the same plan,
314
00:24:54,696 --> 00:24:56,528
CEZARY PAZURA
ACTOR
315
00:24:57,016 --> 00:24:58,973
namely: to make a life.
316
00:24:59,656 --> 00:25:03,969
I think that made us come close to each other
as friends and as colleagues on the set.
317
00:25:04,576 --> 00:25:07,011
And that topic prevailed
in the chats we had.
318
00:25:08,016 --> 00:25:12,613
Jarek was her everything.
She was very much in love with him.
319
00:25:14,256 --> 00:25:16,009
She was really attracted to him,
320
00:25:16,536 --> 00:25:19,290
her eyes would sparkle and shine
whenever she talked about him.
321
00:25:19,536 --> 00:25:24,531
She wanted him to think the best of her.
It really mattered to her.
322
00:25:24,776 --> 00:25:28,975
And I knew she thought her profession
was the biggest obstacle.
323
00:25:30,776 --> 00:25:32,654
An obstacle for Jarek.
324
00:25:34,016 --> 00:25:38,374
Actually, I was never in a relationship
with an actress.
325
00:25:40,136 --> 00:25:43,527
Especially with an actress
who is famous, admired, and desired...
326
00:25:44,176 --> 00:25:45,656
An actress that guys have hots for.
327
00:25:46,536 --> 00:25:49,574
And frankly speaking,
I don't think I could deal
328
00:25:49,776 --> 00:25:53,975
with the thought that my enemy is
lurking round every single corner.
329
00:25:54,496 --> 00:25:56,692
And mutual trust
doesn't matter much here.
330
00:25:59,536 --> 00:26:01,368
"Trust me. Only you matter..."
331
00:26:01,696 --> 00:26:04,495
She was diligently building that trust.
332
00:26:05,016 --> 00:26:08,054
And we had a deal. I mean,
when she had the nude scenes,
333
00:26:08,336 --> 00:26:09,690
she would say to me,
334
00:26:10,176 --> 00:26:13,089
"Try to cover my tits because,
you know, Jarek is a civilian."
335
00:26:13,256 --> 00:26:15,976
We call "civilians" the folks
from outside the film industry.
336
00:26:16,296 --> 00:26:19,050
Those scenes made me very jealous,
337
00:26:19,376 --> 00:26:22,494
well, maybe not "very",
but I was jealous anyway.
338
00:26:24,776 --> 00:26:30,135
I was jealous because I saw Ania in bed with
some other guy, and she was naked at that.
339
00:26:30,816 --> 00:26:38,292
On the one hand, I was full
of negative emotions, mainly - jealousy.
340
00:26:38,536 --> 00:26:42,496
On the other, however,
I'm well aware of Ania's profession.
341
00:26:42,816 --> 00:26:45,536
I know it's just a
scene she has to play.
342
00:26:45,736 --> 00:26:50,288
Anyway, it arouses intense emotions,
and at first, I barely coped with them.
343
00:26:52,496 --> 00:26:59,494
I saw that she very much wanted him to see
her as a candidate for a wife and a mother.
344
00:26:59,856 --> 00:27:03,452
After just seven months of our relationship,
we found out that Ania was pregnant.
345
00:27:03,816 --> 00:27:05,250
I guess it was in February.
346
00:27:06,096 --> 00:27:08,975
I wanted to capture every minute,
347
00:27:09,536 --> 00:27:13,496
that's why I would film everything.
348
00:27:27,016 --> 00:27:29,485
I can still recall the scent
prevailing in our home.
349
00:27:29,696 --> 00:27:33,690
The scent of all those baby oils,
shampoos, powders...
350
00:27:36,336 --> 00:27:40,091
And I also remember that silence when the
baby is sleeping, and everybody whispers.
351
00:27:40,696 --> 00:27:44,975
This is a unique time and mood
that's hard to forget.
352
00:28:09,056 --> 00:28:10,570
God, how sweet she is...
353
00:28:22,736 --> 00:28:28,972
I admired the way Ania would handle
everything. She was composed and collected.
354
00:28:43,776 --> 00:28:47,008
I think that pictures never
reflect emotions the way a movie does.
355
00:28:50,376 --> 00:28:57,089
And when I watch our old movies, I
sometimes even sense the scent of the place.
356
00:29:00,136 --> 00:29:02,128
Show us your new haircut.
357
00:29:02,616 --> 00:29:04,175
All right, now let me shoot.
358
00:29:13,016 --> 00:29:14,086
Show your bruise.
359
00:29:15,256 --> 00:29:20,331
This is a big bruise,
and this is my big daughter...
360
00:29:21,816 --> 00:29:24,968
With her scratched nose and new teeth...
361
00:29:25,736 --> 00:29:27,170
Send mommy a kiss.
362
00:29:30,176 --> 00:29:31,176
I love you.
363
00:29:37,256 --> 00:29:40,533
We tried to capture and film
every stage...
364
00:29:50,296 --> 00:29:53,494
She kept repeating she wanted
to have a family. And so did Jarek.
365
00:29:53,656 --> 00:29:57,047
In Ania's case, it was all natural,
flowing from her heart.
366
00:29:57,176 --> 00:29:58,690
KATARZYNA BUJAKIEWICZ
ACTRESS
367
00:29:58,816 --> 00:30:02,173
She didn't analyze things,
or read handbooks and stuff...
368
00:30:02,296 --> 00:30:03,650
She was simply a mother.
369
00:30:04,336 --> 00:30:09,047
I think that good-humored resolve
is what Kaśka Bujakiewicz and I share.
370
00:30:09,376 --> 00:30:12,733
That's why we get along that well, and
that's why we're on the same wavelength.
371
00:30:13,096 --> 00:30:14,456
After all, we met on the film set.
372
00:30:14,536 --> 00:30:17,290
I was sitting in the dressing room
when Ania came in.
373
00:30:17,736 --> 00:30:20,490
At first, I kept at a distance.
374
00:30:21,336 --> 00:30:23,976
"She makes a lot of noise," I thought.
As if I didn't...
375
00:30:25,016 --> 00:30:26,016
Lots of commotion...
376
00:30:26,136 --> 00:30:29,493
So, she came into the dressing room,
we looked in each other's eyes...
377
00:30:31,736 --> 00:30:33,568
And it simply happened.
378
00:30:35,736 --> 00:30:41,448
And right after the very first hello,
Ania and I simply cut loose.
379
00:30:53,336 --> 00:30:55,692
Let's call a spade, a spade.
They were simply two nuts.
380
00:31:12,256 --> 00:31:16,296
It turned out we had the same
temperament, and the same sense of humor.
381
00:31:17,536 --> 00:31:20,335
We never competed with each other;
382
00:31:21,296 --> 00:31:24,494
something that often happens among
actors, among actresses in particular.
383
00:31:24,736 --> 00:31:30,255
I mean that constant testing each other out
which one is prettier, smarter, or more clever...
384
00:31:31,736 --> 00:31:37,494
But whenever we two acted together, we
just used to give each other that kick.
385
00:31:38,376 --> 00:31:41,175
Kasia Bujakiewicz was very close
to our family.
386
00:31:55,376 --> 00:31:56,776
Let's unpack this.
387
00:31:59,016 --> 00:32:01,690
Look what the Santa brought, Oliwia.
388
00:32:04,896 --> 00:32:07,650
Weren't you cold in these shoes,
Santa Claus?
389
00:32:09,616 --> 00:32:10,766
At the North Pole?
390
00:32:11,376 --> 00:32:12,412
In Lapland.
391
00:32:13,016 --> 00:32:15,212
- Santa Claus?
- Santa Claus...
392
00:32:17,896 --> 00:32:20,365
Thank you, Santa Claus.
393
00:32:21,616 --> 00:32:23,573
And here's a birch rod for mom.
394
00:32:24,576 --> 00:32:27,375
Mom was naughty this year. Very naughty.
395
00:32:27,576 --> 00:32:29,533
Please, stick out your bum, mommy.
396
00:32:30,416 --> 00:32:32,726
Just one hit with a birch rod
as a punishment...
397
00:32:34,016 --> 00:32:35,016
Sorry...
398
00:32:36,056 --> 00:32:38,571
- I ate too much, really.
- Did you?
399
00:32:39,816 --> 00:32:43,776
Are you satisfied with the presents you
got? Was Santa Claus generous this year?
400
00:32:45,816 --> 00:32:48,968
I'm not talking about overeating,
I'm talking about the presents.
401
00:32:49,216 --> 00:32:50,969
The food was good. It shows.
402
00:32:51,896 --> 00:32:53,410
Don't sit like this. Get up.
403
00:32:54,176 --> 00:32:56,930
We would always go
skiing after Christmas.
404
00:33:02,336 --> 00:33:06,489
Ania liked mountains, their climate, landscape,
and the ambience of the place in general.
405
00:33:07,376 --> 00:33:09,288
And the folks we used to go there with.
406
00:33:13,416 --> 00:33:15,328
She was very cautious on the slop.
407
00:33:19,336 --> 00:33:21,168
I don't know how to turn the board.
408
00:33:21,536 --> 00:33:26,327
And, to say the least, it took her a lot
of time and definitely didn't come easy.
409
00:33:28,136 --> 00:33:31,095
- I want to ski a bit.
- Me too.
410
00:33:31,336 --> 00:33:35,250
- Go on, you still have some time.
- I spent 4 hours at home.
411
00:33:36,176 --> 00:33:38,645
You didn't spare me even 5 seconds.
412
00:33:39,456 --> 00:33:43,245
Those skiing excursions were wonderful,
like some scout camps.
413
00:33:43,416 --> 00:33:46,454
I would always return from them
weeping they were over.
414
00:33:46,976 --> 00:33:51,016
Ania and Jarek had
a great gang of friends that I joined.
415
00:33:58,296 --> 00:34:00,606
But don't check the bicycle routes, hon.
416
00:34:05,136 --> 00:34:07,446
Our car is somewhere here, right?
417
00:34:09,256 --> 00:34:12,215
No, our car is somewhere here,
near Mottolino.
418
00:34:13,656 --> 00:34:17,696
- No, here. We parked near the carousel.
- Yeah. That's right.
419
00:34:18,336 --> 00:34:21,170
So, we must take line 12...
420
00:34:23,416 --> 00:34:26,295
Yeah, and change to bus 187.
421
00:34:40,416 --> 00:34:41,486
All right. Let's go.
422
00:34:42,376 --> 00:34:47,212
Ania shows her sense of humor here.
You can also hear her laughter.
423
00:34:49,016 --> 00:34:51,736
I could really make her laugh
and lose control.
424
00:34:53,016 --> 00:34:57,295
Generally, we would often mock
each other. This was not the first time.
425
00:35:12,456 --> 00:35:20,136
I decided to show spontaneously and in a
funny manner a regular day in our home.
426
00:35:20,456 --> 00:35:25,292
And Ania complaining
about her aches and cramps...
427
00:35:26,496 --> 00:35:28,613
And something being wrong.
428
00:35:30,136 --> 00:35:33,527
Of course, Ania grabbed the
camera right away to record it.
429
00:35:35,816 --> 00:35:39,287
Something aches here...
Something hurts here...
430
00:35:47,456 --> 00:35:52,372
In spring 2005, we found out
that Ania was pregnant again,
431
00:35:53,696 --> 00:35:55,415
and we'll have another baby.
432
00:35:57,816 --> 00:36:02,095
- Are you nervous, dad?
- Am I nervous? Sure, I am.
433
00:36:11,216 --> 00:36:13,651
The time after Szymon's
birth was wonderful.
434
00:36:14,216 --> 00:36:18,972
He used to look up to her
and he was going with her everywhere.
435
00:36:20,496 --> 00:36:23,250
I always heard
that he was the spitting image of Ania.
436
00:36:23,616 --> 00:36:25,892
Not only his looks,
but also his character.
437
00:36:26,016 --> 00:36:27,370
He was as eloquent as her.
438
00:36:27,496 --> 00:36:28,816
SZYMON BIENIUK
SON
439
00:36:28,936 --> 00:36:33,055
Folks would always say this at birthday
parties, family meetings and stuff.
440
00:36:33,176 --> 00:36:36,089
I would also hear that from the teachers
who used to teach mom,
441
00:36:36,216 --> 00:36:38,094
or folks who knew her
when she was a kid,
442
00:36:38,216 --> 00:36:43,211
"You have to be an actor or stuff 'cos you're
as such a smart Alec like your mother."
443
00:36:43,536 --> 00:36:45,528
Wanna gimme a kiss?
Come here.
444
00:36:52,456 --> 00:36:53,731
Again.
445
00:37:00,336 --> 00:37:02,089
Give your mommy one more kiss.
446
00:37:05,456 --> 00:37:10,133
Geez. Hey, you, actor. Stop pretending.
Gimme a kiss.
447
00:37:12,056 --> 00:37:18,496
The film producers in the USA got interested
in her beauty and especially her talent,
448
00:37:20,736 --> 00:37:25,970
and she was invited to come to
the States and try her hand there.
449
00:37:26,256 --> 00:37:30,614
Ania said it was not the right timing
because Jarek and she were moving to Turkey.
450
00:37:31,296 --> 00:37:35,051
And she was not going to
leave her kids and go to America.
451
00:37:35,696 --> 00:37:38,495
She said she didn't see any point
in going to the US at that moment.
452
00:37:40,856 --> 00:37:46,011
ANTALYA
TURKEY 2007
453
00:37:54,456 --> 00:38:00,293
She said she was going to Turkey
because Jarek got a job there.
454
00:38:01,176 --> 00:38:04,487
I asked if she knew
it was against her career.
455
00:38:05,376 --> 00:38:08,574
She said, "No!
I'll commute, planes fly every day."
456
00:38:08,776 --> 00:38:12,531
I said, "No, they won't commit.
No producer will risk the situation
457
00:38:12,736 --> 00:38:14,896
when an actress fails to show up
at the film location."
458
00:38:16,256 --> 00:38:19,533
And she says, "Family matters the
most to me." That's the way Ania was.
459
00:38:20,176 --> 00:38:22,088
It's April 4, 2008.
460
00:38:22,376 --> 00:38:24,766
This is the landscape after the battle.
461
00:38:25,416 --> 00:38:30,616
I'm filming my darling son who
was playing... And just fell asleep.
462
00:38:32,256 --> 00:38:34,976
Because he felt like sleeping.
463
00:38:37,016 --> 00:38:41,693
The time she spent in Turkey was
one of the happiest periods of her life.
464
00:38:42,296 --> 00:38:44,970
She had wonderful memories.
They were all happy there.
465
00:38:45,616 --> 00:38:47,767
You know, the sun, endorphins...
466
00:38:48,736 --> 00:38:52,013
She was very happy
because nobody knew her there.
467
00:38:52,296 --> 00:38:53,776
She could feel at ease all the time.
468
00:39:00,536 --> 00:39:04,371
And now, we can see an aging woman.
Look at her wrinkles...
469
00:39:04,776 --> 00:39:08,008
This lady is inevitably
approaching her thirties.
470
00:39:08,496 --> 00:39:13,287
It's a bit dark here...
You can use some more light.
471
00:39:14,336 --> 00:39:16,293
Right.
If you stretch your face like this...
472
00:39:16,536 --> 00:39:18,016
- I'm just looking...
- Smile.
473
00:39:19,616 --> 00:39:21,369
You're teasing me all the time.
474
00:39:22,776 --> 00:39:24,335
It was a joke, of course.
475
00:39:25,136 --> 00:39:28,129
We tried to live the life
we had been living in Poland.
476
00:39:28,496 --> 00:39:32,092
In the morning, I was going to training,
Oliwia to the preschool.
477
00:39:32,296 --> 00:39:36,973
- Where are you going?
- Me? To the preschool, but I want to play...
478
00:39:39,136 --> 00:39:41,287
Please, please...
479
00:39:54,456 --> 00:39:56,288
Hugs and kisses! I love you.
480
00:40:00,216 --> 00:40:02,412
She was always following Jarek
481
00:40:02,576 --> 00:40:05,774
because she claimed
that a family must stick together.
482
00:40:06,496 --> 00:40:10,456
For her, mother, father, and kids
were an inseparable unity.
483
00:40:10,576 --> 00:40:11,805
ANTALYA
TURKEY
484
00:40:11,936 --> 00:40:17,330
So, they always have to be together,
no matter where they happen to live.
485
00:40:18,496 --> 00:40:20,294
Say, "I love you, mom."
486
00:40:21,816 --> 00:40:23,648
Not "low", but "love".
487
00:40:24,736 --> 00:40:26,489
Not "you", but "I love you".
488
00:40:27,736 --> 00:40:32,652
I'm a stubborn maniac
about putting my family before my work.
489
00:40:33,056 --> 00:40:36,174
And somehow, I don't lose the
appreciation of the producers,
490
00:40:36,336 --> 00:40:39,249
and I still enjoy popularity
among audiences.
491
00:40:40,456 --> 00:40:42,493
No! Don't go there.
492
00:40:43,336 --> 00:40:51,335
She took part in many movie productions
and photo sessions commuting from Turkey.
493
00:40:52,496 --> 00:40:57,207
Paradoxically though, it was a very
good period in her professional career.
494
00:40:57,456 --> 00:41:00,051
She got lots of offers
to play in the movies.
495
00:41:00,216 --> 00:41:03,175
Because she didn't reside permanently
in Poland back then,
496
00:41:03,296 --> 00:41:06,289
in a way, she was "a commodity
in short supply", so to say.
497
00:41:06,536 --> 00:41:09,973
So, she also got
lots of commercial offers as well.
498
00:41:11,536 --> 00:41:14,529
She could come for one day, play
in two scenes and get back to Jarek.
499
00:41:15,096 --> 00:41:18,692
In my ranking of respecting a partner,
she is in the top ten.
500
00:41:18,816 --> 00:41:22,048
PHOTOGRAPHS FROM THE FILM SET OF "THE
GOLDEN MEAN" DIRECTED BY OLAF LUBASZENKO
501
00:41:22,176 --> 00:41:25,214
She could get on a plane right after
shooting and get back to her children.
502
00:41:25,656 --> 00:41:28,376
She really did commute
between Poland and Turkey.
503
00:41:34,816 --> 00:41:40,972
After two years in Turkey, we moved to Łódź,
when I signed the contract with Widzew Łódź.
504
00:41:41,536 --> 00:41:45,576
They were the first couple that mass
media called the "Polish Beckhams".
505
00:41:46,056 --> 00:41:49,572
I'm not as good a football player
as David Beckham,
506
00:41:50,376 --> 00:41:55,496
and Victoria Beckham is not as good
and talented artist as Ania Przybylska.
507
00:41:56,136 --> 00:41:58,207
So, there is no point to compare us.
508
00:42:08,136 --> 00:42:11,334
Various brands wanted to have Ania
in their adds.
509
00:42:12,256 --> 00:42:18,093
Probably because Ania came out the best
in every brand survey.
510
00:42:18,216 --> 00:42:20,412
PHOTO SESSION
FOR "COSMOPOLITAN" MAGAZINE
511
00:42:20,536 --> 00:42:25,327
She was a good actress, and that's
why she could play a model superbly.
512
00:42:25,736 --> 00:42:31,972
And she was really great at that,
so photographers loved to work with her.
513
00:43:00,536 --> 00:43:03,370
For me,
a sense of fulfillment comes first.
514
00:43:04,096 --> 00:43:05,291
Fulfillment as a mother.
515
00:43:06,056 --> 00:43:07,126
Fulfillment at work.
516
00:43:07,336 --> 00:43:08,850
And fulfillment in the relationship.
517
00:43:09,056 --> 00:43:11,093
I've reached it all, and I have it all.
518
00:43:11,416 --> 00:43:14,454
And I wish that to all of you
from the bottom of my heart.
519
00:43:23,896 --> 00:43:27,094
Hi. Listen. Your mom just went in labor.
520
00:43:27,416 --> 00:43:31,649
- What do you say, Oliwia?
- Mom is giving birth to Jasio!
521
00:43:32,056 --> 00:43:37,211
- And what do you say, Szymon?
- I'll have a brother and I'll play with him.
522
00:43:39,616 --> 00:43:41,812
They planned to have a big family
from the very start.
523
00:43:42,296 --> 00:43:44,208
They wanted to have many children.
524
00:43:44,336 --> 00:43:45,929
LIDIA BIENIUK
JAROSŁAW BIENIUK'S MOTHER
525
00:43:46,056 --> 00:43:47,570
It really went fast.
526
00:43:55,336 --> 00:43:59,125
Look how tiny he is. You looked
just the same when you were his age.
527
00:44:03,536 --> 00:44:05,016
The first meeting.
528
00:44:08,296 --> 00:44:12,085
This is Szymon and Oliwia,
your siblings, Jaś.
529
00:44:12,536 --> 00:44:15,335
Oliwia, Szymon...
This is your brother.
530
00:44:17,136 --> 00:44:19,128
Ania would say,
"Two kids. That's for sure.
531
00:44:19,256 --> 00:44:20,326
AGNIESZKA KUBERA
SISTER
532
00:44:20,456 --> 00:44:24,166
And I'll have the third one after I turn
forty, just to keep that youthful feeling."
533
00:44:24,296 --> 00:44:28,006
Things went differently,
because Jaś was altogether unexpected.
534
00:44:28,136 --> 00:44:29,695
But she was very happy, and said,
535
00:44:29,816 --> 00:44:32,376
"All right, so we'll have the fourth kid
after I turn 40."
536
00:44:33,736 --> 00:44:35,090
- Dad?
- Yes.
537
00:44:41,056 --> 00:44:44,970
Now, when Jasio is born,
you have to get married.
538
00:44:47,296 --> 00:44:51,654
Getting married was not something
we cared about too much.
539
00:44:52,016 --> 00:44:56,568
We thought that children are the wedding
rings that you can't take off your finger.
540
00:44:57,296 --> 00:44:59,606
I think we're a perfectly
matched couple.
541
00:45:00,136 --> 00:45:04,528
When you take into account the number
of places where we lived.
542
00:45:05,016 --> 00:45:06,689
How we reconciled it with my work...
543
00:45:07,056 --> 00:45:09,093
And first of all, we have three kids.
544
00:45:09,216 --> 00:45:12,414
It all speaks for itself.
Is there any better proof of love?
545
00:45:13,736 --> 00:45:16,490
Hi. Mom is putting on her makeup.
546
00:45:16,696 --> 00:45:18,335
- Are you filming this?
- Yes.
547
00:45:20,536 --> 00:45:22,687
And this is me. For you, Jaś.
548
00:45:33,336 --> 00:45:35,726
EUGENIUSZ KORIN
DIRECTOR OF "THE VULTURE" MOVIE
549
00:45:35,856 --> 00:45:40,373
Ania came to the audition
and I fell in love with her right away.
550
00:45:41,216 --> 00:45:44,573
She was a unique person.
551
00:45:46,576 --> 00:45:51,446
You talk with her about life and
you see she's exceptionally intelligent.
552
00:45:52,496 --> 00:45:55,489
You can see that the Lord granted her
all His graces:
553
00:45:56,176 --> 00:46:00,693
her beauty, her distance to herself,
her sense of humor, her intelligence.
554
00:46:02,456 --> 00:46:06,132
He granted her stamina
that's impossible to forge.
555
00:46:06,256 --> 00:46:07,895
"THE VULTURE"
DIRECTED BY EUGENIUSZ KORIN
556
00:46:08,016 --> 00:46:09,973
I remember our first meeting
on the film set.
557
00:46:10,216 --> 00:46:11,809
I arrived and asked
558
00:46:11,936 --> 00:46:13,131
PAWEŁ MAŁASZYŃSKI
ACTOR
559
00:46:13,256 --> 00:46:16,336
if Ania was already there, because I
wanted to bat the scene around and stuff.
560
00:46:16,376 --> 00:46:20,848
I was told she was in her camper. So,
I headed there, knocked at the door...
561
00:46:21,256 --> 00:46:23,771
- Yes?
- Hi, Ania. It's Paweł.
562
00:46:24,136 --> 00:46:27,288
- I came to say hello and chat a bit.
- Yes, sure, come in.
563
00:46:27,536 --> 00:46:32,167
So, when I heard that,
I opened the door wide and walked in,
564
00:46:33,016 --> 00:46:35,576
smiling and full of self-confidence.
565
00:46:36,376 --> 00:46:40,689
And I saw Ania sitting in there
and breastfeeding her newborn baby.
566
00:46:41,056 --> 00:46:44,686
My self-confidence vanished in the haze,
I flushed with shame...
567
00:46:45,256 --> 00:46:46,406
I started to apologize.
568
00:46:46,576 --> 00:46:50,456
- Geez. I'm sorry. I didn't know...
- Come on. Relax. Haven't you seen tits before?
569
00:46:51,016 --> 00:46:53,770
I can't deny, I had a crush on her,
as a young actor.
570
00:46:54,256 --> 00:46:58,773
Because, as I said before,
she was beautiful and very, very sexy.
571
00:46:59,776 --> 00:47:03,565
I always wanted to play with her;
to meet her on the filmset.
572
00:47:05,376 --> 00:47:08,050
And my dream eventually came true.
573
00:47:08,656 --> 00:47:10,295
- Watch out, mister.
- Really?
574
00:47:10,416 --> 00:47:12,567
- And it's not that hit.
- It's not that hit.
575
00:47:12,696 --> 00:47:14,096
All right.
Let me show you.
576
00:47:14,256 --> 00:47:18,170
"THE VULTURE"
DIRECTED BY EUGENIUSZ KORIN
577
00:47:23,736 --> 00:47:27,207
You are very clever.
But you're not training enough.
578
00:47:27,376 --> 00:47:29,607
What about a few private lessons?
579
00:47:30,336 --> 00:47:33,568
I'm willing and ready.
Are you giving up, coach?
580
00:47:35,216 --> 00:47:39,130
She knew how to be herself
on the screen. I mean it.
581
00:47:39,256 --> 00:47:41,407
MICHAŁ ŻEBROWSKI
ACTOR
582
00:47:41,536 --> 00:47:46,975
And she believed it was enough to
be herself to win over the audience.
583
00:47:47,496 --> 00:47:50,216
But her acting skills were enormous.
584
00:47:51,416 --> 00:47:55,968
From tragedy, through tenderness
and passion, right up to comedy.
585
00:47:57,776 --> 00:48:00,416
I remember the moment when Ania,
586
00:48:01,016 --> 00:48:04,293
or rather her talent and personality,
intimidated me.
587
00:48:04,816 --> 00:48:09,095
We were rehearsing the scene
with the telescope.
588
00:48:11,776 --> 00:48:13,369
Actually, a very difficult scene.
589
00:48:15,576 --> 00:48:19,013
You were supposed to look into infinity.
590
00:48:20,536 --> 00:48:22,095
That's exactly what I'm doing.
591
00:48:22,376 --> 00:48:26,052
I remember when she said that to me
looking straight into my eyes,
592
00:48:27,536 --> 00:48:31,974
I was stunned a little
because I realized that...
593
00:48:37,336 --> 00:48:39,328
That she was more mature than me.
594
00:48:44,896 --> 00:48:48,367
"ONE WAY TICKET TO THE MOON"
DIRECTED BY JACEK BROMSKI
595
00:48:48,496 --> 00:48:52,251
A cousin, huh? What the fuck is that?
Incest?
596
00:48:52,536 --> 00:48:57,531
- Have you lost it? Get out of here!
- Lie on your back, bitch!
597
00:48:58,456 --> 00:49:03,406
Help! Stop it!
I'm calling the police!
598
00:49:04,096 --> 00:49:05,576
I'm the police, bitch!
599
00:49:09,936 --> 00:49:12,974
She was a prototypical movie star.
Not a theater actress. A movie star.
600
00:49:13,096 --> 00:49:16,112
JACEK BROMSKI DIRECTOR OF "THE CAREER OF NIKOŚ
DYZMA" AND "ONE WAY TICKET TO THE MOON" MOVIES
601
00:49:16,136 --> 00:49:20,688
I think she was so
original and suggestive
602
00:49:21,296 --> 00:49:24,687
that it would be hard for her
to play someone else.
603
00:49:25,576 --> 00:49:27,295
I've always taken my work lightly.
604
00:49:27,536 --> 00:49:30,131
Meaning, those artists
that are very well prepared
605
00:49:30,536 --> 00:49:34,166
and know the text by heart
always gave me the willies.
606
00:49:34,576 --> 00:49:37,967
I always thought you should sense the
atmosphere first, and then rehearse things.
607
00:49:38,136 --> 00:49:40,492
I was never able to learn anything
by heart in advance.
608
00:49:41,256 --> 00:49:44,533
I know that I'm at work the
moment I enter my dressing room.
609
00:49:45,016 --> 00:49:47,406
And I'm not at work any longer,
the instant I leave it.
610
00:49:48,336 --> 00:49:50,532
I always follow my impulses on the set.
611
00:49:50,776 --> 00:49:53,336
I like it when things are as fresh
as a daisy.
612
00:49:53,536 --> 00:49:55,493
I hate repeating takes
and endless rehearsals.
613
00:49:55,616 --> 00:49:58,529
If you repeat the take too many times,
the freshness is gone.
614
00:50:02,736 --> 00:50:06,776
She played Roksana, a stripper
and a mother of a little kid.
615
00:50:07,376 --> 00:50:09,413
I wrote the Roksana part for her.
616
00:50:10,656 --> 00:50:14,775
I wanted a girl who
can't be easily labelled.
617
00:50:16,136 --> 00:50:21,165
Who is good; has a good heart, but
life makes her make different choices.
618
00:50:25,056 --> 00:50:28,174
The "One Way Ticket to the Moon"
is a beautiful and very emotional movie.
619
00:50:28,336 --> 00:50:31,056
The role of a woman
that has to make dramatic choices.
620
00:50:31,216 --> 00:50:32,775
It's a small role, and that's a pity.
621
00:50:33,176 --> 00:50:35,486
A great movie with a bitter end.
622
00:50:42,016 --> 00:50:44,292
I said it many times
but let me repeat it.
623
00:50:44,536 --> 00:50:48,132
If she had been born 10 years earlier
in the United States,
624
00:50:48,616 --> 00:50:50,687
she would have played Vivian
in "Pretty Woman".
625
00:50:51,216 --> 00:50:55,335
I think interesting things
and big roles are still to come.
626
00:50:55,816 --> 00:50:58,456
I know that one day I'll change;
627
00:50:59,576 --> 00:51:02,136
I'll stop being that sex bomb,
628
00:51:02,456 --> 00:51:05,335
or a mother sacrificing
for her children.
629
00:51:06,016 --> 00:51:10,295
And then they'll let me play a
dead tired, gutted, ugly woman.
630
00:51:10,496 --> 00:51:12,374
And I know that day will come.
631
00:51:20,136 --> 00:51:25,131
Our dream came true. We got back to
Gdynia, our beloved place on the Earth.
632
00:51:25,736 --> 00:51:30,288
I returned after many seasons
to my parent club.
633
00:51:31,696 --> 00:51:36,088
It seemed that everything eventually
fell into place,
634
00:51:37,296 --> 00:51:40,528
and we will live happily ever after.
635
00:51:43,216 --> 00:51:46,334
And the most important toast.
To our new home.
636
00:51:46,696 --> 00:51:49,689
May your mom and dad grow old here.
637
00:51:50,096 --> 00:51:53,533
And may your children, and our
grandchildren play in these rooms.
638
00:51:59,096 --> 00:52:01,486
Gdynia is our promised land,
get it, Krysia?
639
00:52:01,696 --> 00:52:06,134
We spent 11 wonderful years
in various cool places,
640
00:52:06,376 --> 00:52:11,087
but the kids very much need
this kind of stabilization.
641
00:52:39,576 --> 00:52:41,090
Here she comes.
642
00:52:43,216 --> 00:52:46,493
- Super mom.
- What a charming mommy.
643
00:52:54,096 --> 00:52:57,487
Will my wonderful family bring me
a dustbin and a dustpan upstairs?
644
00:52:58,536 --> 00:53:01,290
I'm going to vacuum.
645
00:53:06,416 --> 00:53:10,296
Please bring me the cleaner
and stuff upstairs.
646
00:53:13,376 --> 00:53:16,369
Your youngest son
is cleaning the house all the time. See?
647
00:53:23,096 --> 00:53:27,613
I'm not going to go some 400 kilometers
to attend a fashion show,
648
00:53:27,816 --> 00:53:32,015
or an opening of a new shop
where they give me a few rugs for free.
649
00:53:32,496 --> 00:53:34,169
I simply have no time for that.
650
00:53:34,336 --> 00:53:35,611
We live in Gdynia.
651
00:53:35,816 --> 00:53:38,456
And spending time with my family
is my absolute priority;
652
00:53:38,576 --> 00:53:40,693
I want to be with my kids,
drive them to school...
653
00:53:40,816 --> 00:53:43,490
It matters to me more
than going to some fashion show,
654
00:53:43,816 --> 00:53:46,490
or some grand opening
of an umbrella in the ass.
655
00:53:47,336 --> 00:53:48,336
A fit mom.
656
00:53:50,016 --> 00:53:51,575
And the perfect housewife.
657
00:53:55,536 --> 00:53:59,246
Szymon, Oliwka, don't splash water
on the floor.
658
00:54:01,816 --> 00:54:06,493
I can't wait for the moment
we'll read you your bedtime story.
659
00:54:18,256 --> 00:54:20,452
They always horse around.
660
00:54:21,096 --> 00:54:23,088
And always get out
of hand if you let them.
661
00:54:23,256 --> 00:54:26,567
Never mind... Dad will mop
up the floor later. As usual.
662
00:54:27,256 --> 00:54:30,966
It was a kind of drill at home. That's
true. But that was because they loved us.
663
00:54:32,456 --> 00:54:35,688
Now, looking back,
I don't see it as something negative.
664
00:54:36,016 --> 00:54:41,296
On the contrary, it was all out of love to
make us grow up to be good, decent people.
665
00:54:42,416 --> 00:54:48,014
Mom was very loving, but she was
very demanding and severe as well.
666
00:54:48,136 --> 00:54:50,492
OLIWIA BIENIUK
DAUGHTER
667
00:54:50,616 --> 00:54:56,931
And everyone was to know their place;
as the kids we had to obey our parents.
668
00:54:57,056 --> 00:55:00,970
If you didn't, she could shout at you,
or even punish you.
669
00:55:01,656 --> 00:55:05,286
Gimme these candles
and stop doing seven things at once.
670
00:55:06,736 --> 00:55:08,648
Gimme these candles.
671
00:55:10,776 --> 00:55:12,210
Relax. Here you are.
672
00:55:13,296 --> 00:55:14,296
Stop it, the f**k.
673
00:55:15,736 --> 00:55:18,968
Relax. I'm just filming.
A wonderful, serene family atmosphere.
674
00:55:19,216 --> 00:55:21,094
We're unpacking our
stuff from the boxes.
675
00:55:21,456 --> 00:55:23,175
Calm down, damn it...
676
00:55:23,816 --> 00:55:26,775
She got that kind of army-style
upbringing at her family home.
677
00:55:27,296 --> 00:55:30,368
He dad was a naval force Commander.
678
00:55:31,736 --> 00:55:35,446
And everything was done
in that army-style at their home.
679
00:55:37,136 --> 00:55:38,729
Meaning, everything was in order.
680
00:55:41,536 --> 00:55:44,574
Ania's dad was very important to her.
681
00:55:44,696 --> 00:55:46,972
MONIKA BRONIAREK
HIGH SCHOOL FRIEND
682
00:55:47,096 --> 00:55:48,450
She was really afraid of him.
683
00:55:48,936 --> 00:55:52,088
Because at their home,
everything had to be the way it should.
684
00:55:52,296 --> 00:55:53,332
Just like in the army.
685
00:55:53,496 --> 00:55:55,294
When the parents get back home,
686
00:55:55,536 --> 00:55:58,370
the place has to be cleaned
and dinner has to be ready.
687
00:55:58,576 --> 00:56:02,331
We were still learning how to cook
weenies, when she could cook a full dinner.
688
00:56:05,576 --> 00:56:09,456
We often talked about her father.
He was a role model for Ania.
689
00:56:11,016 --> 00:56:13,406
She always spoke very well about him.
690
00:56:13,536 --> 00:56:15,095
ALEKSANDRA BOIKE
FRIEND
691
00:56:15,216 --> 00:56:19,335
And she was very sorry
her dad passed away so soon.
692
00:56:19,456 --> 00:56:21,607
Ania's dad died of cancer,
693
00:56:21,736 --> 00:56:29,291
so Ania was afraid she inherited some genes
that could make her develop cancer too.
694
00:56:29,576 --> 00:56:32,728
She would talk about it frequently,
and she would have regular check-ups.
695
00:56:33,496 --> 00:56:38,525
She started having regular check-ups
when her children were born.
696
00:56:39,016 --> 00:56:41,406
Back then,
we thought she was exaggerating.
697
00:56:43,296 --> 00:56:48,769
Even after her father's death,
she didn't do that so often.
698
00:56:50,056 --> 00:56:53,606
She used to say, "You know, I'm a mother
now. We have our all lives ahead of us."
699
00:56:54,176 --> 00:56:57,374
We returned from the holidays, and she
said she had to be examined by a doctor
700
00:56:57,496 --> 00:57:00,011
because she had some stomach problems.
701
00:57:00,216 --> 00:57:04,369
She was very worried, so I sent her to the
doctor that I knew, to have an MRT done.
702
00:57:04,736 --> 00:57:09,367
After two, or three hours
that doctor called me and said,
703
00:57:09,536 --> 00:57:15,612
"Look, Agnieszka, I didn't tell Ania
anything, because she hurried to her children,
704
00:57:16,296 --> 00:57:19,733
I just told her that
everything seemed all right.
705
00:57:20,096 --> 00:57:23,567
But I have to process these images,
measure things,
706
00:57:23,816 --> 00:57:25,409
and I'll call you in some two hours."
707
00:57:25,656 --> 00:57:27,136
And she called me and said,
708
00:57:27,296 --> 00:57:31,256
"There is something small,
I don't think it's dangerous;
709
00:57:32,016 --> 00:57:35,214
she could be born with it,
but we have to check it."
710
00:57:46,976 --> 00:57:49,252
We didn't think it could
be anything serious.
711
00:57:49,536 --> 00:57:53,735
But Agnieszka, a health service worker,
got a bit worried.
712
00:57:57,696 --> 00:58:03,647
After all, it was some lump in the pancreas,
so some red flags went up immediately.
713
00:58:04,336 --> 00:58:06,567
It could mean that something was wrong.
714
00:58:07,176 --> 00:58:09,975
Agnieszka called, and she asked me,
"Are you sitting, mom?"
715
00:58:10,136 --> 00:58:12,492
- Why?
- So, sit down, and I'll tell you something.
716
00:58:12,816 --> 00:58:16,127
And she said Ania had some tests
and it turned out...
717
00:58:17,536 --> 00:58:20,688
It was very bad
because she has some tumor.
718
00:58:22,616 --> 00:58:26,974
After a few weeks Ania had surgery.
719
00:58:27,376 --> 00:58:32,929
When the doctor went out of the operating
room, he said it didn't look good
720
00:58:33,256 --> 00:58:37,648
judging from the texture,
color, and shape.
721
00:58:44,736 --> 00:58:50,289
The doctor said that it was necessary to
take a limited resection of that tumor
722
00:58:51,736 --> 00:58:53,295
to find out what it actually was.
723
00:58:53,736 --> 00:58:56,251
THE UNIVERSITY CLINICAL CENTER
IN GDAŃSK
724
00:58:56,376 --> 00:58:59,653
I remember Ania and
I went to the hospital,
725
00:58:59,776 --> 00:59:02,769
and the doctor told us
it was the same kind of tumor
726
00:59:02,896 --> 00:59:05,013
that Patrick Swayze had had.
727
00:59:07,376 --> 00:59:08,890
At first, it was a huge shock.
728
00:59:09,016 --> 00:59:11,531
The first thing that you do then,
is checking the statistics.
729
00:59:11,656 --> 00:59:18,335
And you read that only 2%
make it another five years.
730
00:59:19,336 --> 00:59:21,532
So, you feel totally devastated.
731
00:59:28,136 --> 00:59:30,571
I changed my attitude
and changed to fight mode right away.
732
00:59:31,096 --> 00:59:32,096
Actually...
733
00:59:32,776 --> 00:59:36,486
I was ready to fight.
I simply couldn't give in.
734
00:59:37,136 --> 00:59:39,492
I refused to believe it was over,
and we had no chance.
735
00:59:50,856 --> 00:59:55,692
When word got out about her illness,
she was literally cornered by paparazzi.
736
00:59:56,216 --> 00:59:59,050
Not only her,
but also her children and her family.
737
00:59:59,376 --> 01:00:02,289
They waited outside her home,
and outside her children's schools.
738
01:00:08,096 --> 01:00:11,214
And now what, pal? You know
that your shoes betray you, huh?
739
01:00:14,256 --> 01:00:17,055
But you're standing in front of the
school. Maybe you're a pedophile?
740
01:00:17,616 --> 01:00:23,965
When we went for a walk with the children,
we had to run away and hide in the bushes.
741
01:00:24,696 --> 01:00:27,768
The kids and I went in one direction,
she in the opposite direction.
742
01:00:28,336 --> 01:00:30,407
The children were scared...
I was in shock.
743
01:00:31,336 --> 01:00:37,526
We were attacked from all sides
by tree guys with cameras.
744
01:00:37,776 --> 01:00:40,974
It's doesn't mean you have to rob me
of my privacy. Get it?
745
01:00:41,416 --> 01:00:44,295
You and your friend come to my house
to take pictures of me.
746
01:00:44,416 --> 01:00:45,975
Goodbye. Off you go. Now!
747
01:00:52,576 --> 01:00:53,976
Don't be afraid, Oliwia.
748
01:01:00,096 --> 01:01:01,246
What are you doing?
749
01:01:01,536 --> 01:01:04,973
What do you mean? I'm collecting
strong experiences, just like you.
750
01:01:05,256 --> 01:01:08,169
She was followed and harassed
for a whole year.
751
01:01:08,536 --> 01:01:13,133
They even rented an apartment
near Ania's house.
752
01:01:17,056 --> 01:01:19,969
Sitting near my house?
We have CCTV here. Don't be a loser.
753
01:01:20,816 --> 01:01:23,570
Don't take out your camera.
I'm warning you.
754
01:01:24,296 --> 01:01:26,288
I think that many
boundaries were crossed.
755
01:01:26,496 --> 01:01:28,533
It was all terribly cruel and...
756
01:01:31,456 --> 01:01:34,972
I'm still disgusted by the way
they were doing it.
757
01:01:35,376 --> 01:01:40,167
Paparazzi waited in front of her home
to take her picture when she was so ill.
758
01:01:40,336 --> 01:01:46,287
Sometimes I wondered how she
had the stomach for a fight with them.
759
01:01:55,896 --> 01:01:57,455
It was terrible.
760
01:01:57,816 --> 01:02:01,492
Those disgusting, little people
saw an ill woman,
761
01:02:01,736 --> 01:02:07,733
and the only thing they thought about
was how to make money on her illness.
762
01:02:09,336 --> 01:02:11,055
It's abhorrent. It's...
763
01:02:13,016 --> 01:02:14,973
I don't even know how to call it.
764
01:02:15,736 --> 01:02:19,173
You can live on anything.
765
01:02:19,336 --> 01:02:22,693
You can do many things,
even morally questionable.
766
01:02:23,136 --> 01:02:25,128
But how can you be devoid
of any human feelings.
767
01:02:25,296 --> 01:02:28,368
Especially at that moment?
And when it comes to such a person?
768
01:02:28,536 --> 01:02:32,974
After all, everybody saw her as a warm,
nice and direct person.
769
01:02:33,256 --> 01:02:42,973
And to provoke her anger; to act jumpy in
order to protect her family from sick nosiness?
770
01:02:43,536 --> 01:02:46,973
It's just praying
on the lowest emotions.
771
01:02:48,056 --> 01:02:49,570
Stop harassing my family.
772
01:02:49,736 --> 01:02:52,649
You've been doing that constantly
for over two years now.
773
01:02:53,216 --> 01:02:54,650
So, you'd better watch out.
774
01:02:54,816 --> 01:02:57,729
I'm not exaggerating.
You're in big trouble, man,
775
01:02:58,056 --> 01:03:01,527
because it's harassing me,
you hound me and my family.
776
01:03:01,736 --> 01:03:05,047
You have no right to stand
in front of my house.
777
01:03:05,216 --> 01:03:08,288
You didn't respect me when I was
pregnant, and you don't respect me now.
778
01:03:08,656 --> 01:03:10,966
You can't go much lower than that.
779
01:03:12,216 --> 01:03:15,653
I was outraged by that back then.
And I still am.
780
01:03:16,256 --> 01:03:20,330
I can't imagine something like that
happens to anybody.
781
01:03:33,176 --> 01:03:35,088
Our last Christmas Eve was...
782
01:03:38,336 --> 01:03:40,726
I don't know if Ania had a premonition
of impending...
783
01:03:41,096 --> 01:03:43,975
Or she just wanted that Christmas Eve
to be at her place.
784
01:03:46,696 --> 01:03:48,494
We were talking in the room upstairs,
785
01:03:48,656 --> 01:03:51,091
and she said, "If anything
happens with me, my children..."
786
01:03:51,216 --> 01:03:54,414
"Come on. Stop it. Everything
will be fine," I interrupted her.
787
01:03:54,536 --> 01:03:57,688
"Szymon will receive his First Communion,
and Jaś will go to the preschool."
788
01:03:57,816 --> 01:03:59,170
And she stuck to it.
789
01:03:59,536 --> 01:04:01,289
She believed everything will be fine.
790
01:04:01,696 --> 01:04:04,768
And we actually brought Jasio's
birthday cake to his preschool.
791
01:04:05,136 --> 01:04:07,014
Ania filmed the event.
792
01:04:08,136 --> 01:04:10,128
Make a silly face to the camera.
793
01:04:12,416 --> 01:04:16,569
But don't bring me the plate,
just make a silly face.
794
01:04:20,576 --> 01:04:24,456
Once she told me that Jasio
for sure wouldn't remember her.
795
01:04:25,056 --> 01:04:27,969
He would only know
her from the photographs.
796
01:04:29,336 --> 01:04:31,976
Janek... It's just great...
797
01:04:35,336 --> 01:04:36,975
Washing the dishes, Janek?
798
01:04:39,256 --> 01:04:40,690
Tell me what you're washing.
799
01:04:47,376 --> 01:04:49,971
- Water. Yes.
- Water. Yes...
800
01:04:50,376 --> 01:04:51,776
It's dropping, isn't it?
801
01:04:56,336 --> 01:04:59,488
Luckily, we have no neighbors
downstairs. We'd flood them. Right?
802
01:05:06,016 --> 01:05:12,695
I was deeply moved by the way Ania defined
beauty during our last conversation.
803
01:05:14,136 --> 01:05:20,212
Every time I listen to what she said
tears are just coming out.
804
01:05:22,496 --> 01:05:28,288
When I was a little girl, I used to
think that beauty was something outside.
805
01:05:28,456 --> 01:05:30,971
When I saw a girl wearing fine jewelry,
806
01:05:31,456 --> 01:05:35,689
posh clothes, a nice makeup and hairdo,
she seemed beautiful to me.
807
01:05:36,136 --> 01:05:40,972
But now, I think the beauty
means simply accepting yourself.
808
01:05:41,216 --> 01:05:44,209
Being content with yourself
in a current situation.
809
01:05:44,536 --> 01:05:47,734
It takes years and lots of work
to achieve that beauty.
810
01:05:48,136 --> 01:05:51,334
Sometimes, it comes to you very late;
right before your death at times.
811
01:05:51,496 --> 01:05:53,408
Meaning: the sense of beauty.
812
01:05:53,696 --> 01:05:57,212
It comes when we're completely
fulfilled; we lived a long and good life.
813
01:05:57,576 --> 01:06:00,250
Then you can look at
yourself in the mirror
814
01:06:00,456 --> 01:06:03,688
and it really doesn't matter
if you weigh 10 kilograms too much,
815
01:06:04,096 --> 01:06:07,168
or you're as thin as a rail. You
simply find yourself beautiful. Period.
816
01:06:07,736 --> 01:06:10,570
I think this is crucial for success.
817
01:06:11,256 --> 01:06:16,126
And if you don't see the beauty the way
I do, you're in for numerous misfortunes.
818
01:06:18,016 --> 01:06:22,215
Unfortunately, the Most Beautiful
Woman 2013 can't be with us here today.
819
01:06:22,656 --> 01:06:24,648
And who's she?
820
01:06:24,776 --> 01:06:26,608
"THE MOST BEAUTIFUL OF VIVA 2013"
GALA
821
01:06:26,736 --> 01:06:28,967
A beautiful, thrilling woman.
822
01:06:29,416 --> 01:06:33,126
A great actress who started her career
as a teenager.
823
01:06:33,576 --> 01:06:35,966
An idol of both men and women.
824
01:06:36,376 --> 01:06:38,368
A wonderful mother of three children,
825
01:06:38,576 --> 01:06:41,967
and an exceptional woman who
has the courage to struggle with life.
826
01:06:43,256 --> 01:06:46,647
The Most Beautiful Woman of 2013.
Anna Przybylska.
827
01:06:49,176 --> 01:06:53,773
I'd like to thank you very much
for your respect and affection.
828
01:06:54,336 --> 01:06:57,534
I'm a bit sorry and sad
I can't be with you today.
829
01:06:57,776 --> 01:07:01,975
I'm sorry I can't hug
Piotr in person now.
830
01:07:02,176 --> 01:07:06,250
But please believe me, I'm doing
that in my mind, at a distance.
831
01:07:06,536 --> 01:07:08,767
Of course,
I wish you a wonderful evening.
832
01:07:09,096 --> 01:07:12,976
And my heartfelt plea to Piotr. Could
you please get my award trophy as well.
833
01:07:13,736 --> 01:07:15,090
Thank you very much.
834
01:07:19,336 --> 01:07:21,692
I have your trophy here, of course.
835
01:07:22,136 --> 01:07:26,176
I'll hand it to you with enormous pleasure, and
I'll be even more pleased to give you a hug.
836
01:07:26,336 --> 01:07:29,135
And I think all of us here
are hugging Ania fondly now.
837
01:07:35,536 --> 01:07:39,769
Her speech was recorded in Gdynia. She
was not able to go to Warsaw back then.
838
01:07:45,456 --> 01:07:48,449
But the recording took lots
of time and effort
839
01:07:48,616 --> 01:07:52,292
to make Ania look relatively well
at the end of the day.
840
01:07:52,496 --> 01:07:56,046
And yet, people noticed
that things were very bad.
841
01:07:56,456 --> 01:07:59,972
I also got lots of phone calls
because they realized that.
842
01:08:04,056 --> 01:08:11,213
We did our best all the time to find some hope
wherever we could and across the whole world.
843
01:08:12,056 --> 01:08:17,768
I think the turning point was when
Ania returned from the United States.
844
01:08:19,136 --> 01:08:23,130
She was supposed to be qualified
for some scientific project.
845
01:08:23,296 --> 01:08:25,049
And it gave her enormous hope.
846
01:08:25,736 --> 01:08:29,650
It was a real kick for her.
She was very happy.
847
01:08:30,176 --> 01:08:32,486
The first tests looked very promising.
848
01:08:33,376 --> 01:08:38,849
Jarek and her even went to the US
for some time.
849
01:08:41,136 --> 01:08:44,049
And when everything seemed to be
on the right track,
850
01:08:44,216 --> 01:08:48,210
it turned out that they crossed her off the
list of patients admitted for treatment.
851
01:08:48,416 --> 01:08:50,772
I remember,
Ania was crying inconsolably.
852
01:08:52,376 --> 01:08:56,416
It was one of those moments
when our hopes shattered.
853
01:08:57,296 --> 01:09:00,494
And we were left
devastated and helpless.
854
01:09:00,816 --> 01:09:03,650
I remember our sorrow.
It was a very hard time.
855
01:09:07,696 --> 01:09:12,976
I found some cool folks
who said that Ania should go to Huston
856
01:09:13,176 --> 01:09:18,615
because doctors there were carrying out some
groundbreaking treatment of pancreatic cancer.
857
01:09:19,016 --> 01:09:22,327
And then she said to me
that she didn't want to go;
858
01:09:22,696 --> 01:09:25,291
she didn't want anything at all;
she had no strength to fight.
859
01:09:26,216 --> 01:09:33,453
Ania must have had a very hard time,
though she didn't want to show it.
860
01:09:34,496 --> 01:09:40,208
But when we were talking,
she said many times that she was afraid.
861
01:09:41,536 --> 01:09:43,016
"Why me?"
862
01:09:43,336 --> 01:09:46,773
"Why now when I have a beautiful house
and three children?"
863
01:09:48,376 --> 01:09:50,652
"Why am I to leave it all now?"
864
01:09:52,336 --> 01:09:54,373
"What did I do so terrible?"
865
01:09:56,216 --> 01:09:57,775
That's what she was asking herself.
866
01:09:58,336 --> 01:09:59,336
"Why?"
867
01:10:01,776 --> 01:10:05,292
The Lord and I are good buddies now.
We go for coffee every Sunday.
868
01:10:05,416 --> 01:10:07,294
And I feel very fine with that.
869
01:10:07,696 --> 01:10:10,609
I don't manifest it,
or impose it on anyone.
870
01:10:11,736 --> 01:10:17,095
One day Ania told us
that she wanted to go to church;
871
01:10:17,216 --> 01:10:19,367
to go to confession.
872
01:10:20,096 --> 01:10:23,646
She wanted to communicate with God.
She thought that what happened to her
873
01:10:23,776 --> 01:10:27,167
might have resulted from her not talking
with the Lord so much.
874
01:10:27,536 --> 01:10:30,005
Ania would return from
the church much lighter.
875
01:10:30,656 --> 01:10:31,656
Indeed.
876
01:10:31,736 --> 01:10:33,455
She would say she needed that.
877
01:10:34,096 --> 01:10:36,088
She was much more tranquil.
878
01:10:39,096 --> 01:10:43,329
She tried to teach us many things;
convince us to do many things,
879
01:10:44,056 --> 01:10:46,252
like for instance, to pray more often.
880
01:10:49,736 --> 01:10:56,006
I really started to cherish every
single minute in this vale of tears.
881
01:10:56,536 --> 01:11:00,496
That's what I've always kept repeating
to my oldest child, my only daughter.
882
01:11:00,696 --> 01:11:05,168
If little things don't make you happy,
big things never will.
883
01:11:05,696 --> 01:11:09,736
Ania's last interview
is full of her great reflections.
884
01:11:10,376 --> 01:11:13,335
I love communing with nature.
885
01:11:13,656 --> 01:11:17,650
It's a time of my prayer...
Something really metaphysical.
886
01:11:18,336 --> 01:11:22,091
It's hard to describe what I feel when I
walk along the seashore, or in the forest.
887
01:11:22,416 --> 01:11:25,136
Rain or shine; heat or cold.
888
01:11:25,496 --> 01:11:29,092
I just walk at the height of my power;
head held high, smiling...
889
01:11:29,736 --> 01:11:33,969
I just walk along the seashore,
or through the forest.
890
01:11:34,216 --> 01:11:39,291
And I can drink in the scent
of the nature that surrounds me.
891
01:11:39,616 --> 01:11:43,292
But someone
who has never come near certain things
892
01:11:43,536 --> 01:11:45,493
may say I'm telling some bullshit.
893
01:11:53,616 --> 01:11:57,769
I met Ania by sheer chance.
894
01:12:09,056 --> 01:12:11,491
She just walked around the corner.
895
01:12:14,056 --> 01:12:16,525
Of course, I was very happy we met,
896
01:12:16,736 --> 01:12:19,774
because I was always very happy
whenever I saw her.
897
01:12:25,616 --> 01:12:27,414
She didn't look too well.
898
01:12:32,816 --> 01:12:34,648
She told me she was ill.
899
01:12:35,776 --> 01:12:37,335
Seriously ill.
900
01:12:46,136 --> 01:12:51,052
Sometimes we react
in perhaps an inadequate way.
901
01:12:51,296 --> 01:12:55,176
Or we just don't know what to say;
what to do; how to behave...
902
01:12:56,216 --> 01:13:02,736
Usually we say: things will be OK.
Don't worry. Everything will be fine.
903
01:13:33,776 --> 01:13:35,335
She hugged me.
904
01:13:46,176 --> 01:13:47,451
And she only said,
905
01:13:50,016 --> 01:13:51,496
"No, it won't."
906
01:14:04,536 --> 01:14:07,096
You can't prepare yourself
for the death of your child.
907
01:14:07,336 --> 01:14:08,486
No way.
908
01:14:18,336 --> 01:14:20,407
That Saturday was the worst day of all.
909
01:14:20,536 --> 01:14:24,416
Ania wanted us to take her in her
wheelchair to the bench near her house.
910
01:14:25,496 --> 01:14:28,455
I remember it was
the end of the regatta.
911
01:14:28,656 --> 01:14:30,215
A sunny bright day.
912
01:14:30,456 --> 01:14:32,687
We wrapped her in a
comforter and blanket,
913
01:14:33,056 --> 01:14:38,336
and we took her in her wheelchair to
that bench to let her look at the sea.
914
01:14:39,096 --> 01:14:41,292
And I remember her words when she said
915
01:14:42,256 --> 01:14:45,249
that it was worth going for a walk
for that moment.
916
01:14:47,536 --> 01:14:49,289
I came to see her,
917
01:14:50,536 --> 01:14:54,007
and suddenly I burst into tears.
For the first time.
918
01:14:55,496 --> 01:14:58,216
Ania started to cheer me up,
she hugged me...
919
01:15:04,496 --> 01:15:07,216
And she told me not to worry.
920
01:15:09,736 --> 01:15:12,126
She said that everything would be OK.
921
01:15:15,216 --> 01:15:16,536
She was saying goodbye to me.
922
01:15:16,816 --> 01:15:20,412
She took my hand,
we went downstairs to the kitchen.
923
01:15:21,136 --> 01:15:24,652
And she said she was passing away.
924
01:15:25,456 --> 01:15:29,416
And she also said that one day
we would surely meet again.
925
01:15:30,056 --> 01:15:32,287
We'd meet in the hereafter.
926
01:15:32,576 --> 01:15:33,976
I never called her...
927
01:15:40,216 --> 01:15:41,286
Excuse me.
928
01:15:43,816 --> 01:15:45,216
I had no courage.
929
01:15:49,736 --> 01:15:52,968
I'd never told her
how much she meant to me.
930
01:15:54,136 --> 01:15:56,253
She was comforting me.
931
01:15:56,736 --> 01:15:59,171
She said we'd surely go for buns.
932
01:16:02,496 --> 01:16:06,285
Because we loved buns;
streusel buns.
933
01:16:15,376 --> 01:16:23,455
You always cherish illusions that
maybe... But there was no glimmer of hope.
934
01:16:25,136 --> 01:16:29,688
I can't erase that from my memory because
it was the last time, I held Ania's hand.
935
01:16:30,136 --> 01:16:33,413
Hours of a prolonged goodbye.
For all of us.
936
01:16:35,336 --> 01:16:39,489
It was just one breath and...
She simply fell asleep calmly.
937
01:16:40,336 --> 01:16:45,411
We prayed...
and everything was over.
938
01:17:13,136 --> 01:17:17,494
Everyone, no matter if they
were introduced to her, or not...
939
01:17:18,776 --> 01:17:23,612
Everyone met Ania somehow;
be it on the screen, or personally.
940
01:17:27,336 --> 01:17:34,413
I remember I was driving into Gdynia.
Her pictures were everywhere.
941
01:17:35,176 --> 01:17:36,974
We didn't need to ask for the way.
942
01:17:38,656 --> 01:17:40,966
It was enough to follow the crowd.
943
01:17:41,216 --> 01:17:43,173
A huge crowd of people.
944
01:17:45,256 --> 01:17:47,088
Some time before, the priest called me
945
01:17:47,216 --> 01:17:55,886
and asked me to read the passage from
the Holy Bible during the funeral mass.
946
01:17:56,576 --> 01:17:57,976
I agreed, of course.
947
01:17:58,536 --> 01:17:59,686
I turned round.
948
01:18:01,496 --> 01:18:02,656
I looked at the congregation.
949
01:18:05,216 --> 01:18:08,334
And I saw oceans of people.
950
01:18:11,336 --> 01:18:12,656
I knew one thing.
951
01:18:15,656 --> 01:18:20,492
I mustn't look at Ania's children,
because then I wouldn't say a word.
952
01:18:25,656 --> 01:18:26,976
I read that passage.
953
01:18:30,376 --> 01:18:31,376
I finished the reading.
954
01:18:34,576 --> 01:18:39,287
And only then I looked at the children,
at Jarek, at Jasio sitting on Jarek's lap.
955
01:18:42,616 --> 01:18:47,486
And I didn't stop weeping until...
Well, I actually cried all day long.
956
01:18:50,936 --> 01:18:53,246
Everybody cried. Everybody.
957
01:18:55,416 --> 01:18:59,888
Because they were sincerely sad, not because
someone just came to watch the event.
958
01:19:00,176 --> 01:19:02,691
Literally everyone there wanted
to bid her their sad farewells.
959
01:19:13,096 --> 01:19:14,974
You passed away too soon, Ania.
960
01:19:15,136 --> 01:19:18,015
We hadn't rejoiced enough
in your beauty and talent.
961
01:19:18,296 --> 01:19:20,049
We'll always remember you.
962
01:19:22,736 --> 01:19:28,095
I think she'll be such a butterfly;
colorful, cheerful, wonderful...
963
01:19:42,856 --> 01:19:44,688
She loved life so much.
964
01:19:46,776 --> 01:19:49,211
And in her case, it was much too short.
965
01:19:50,136 --> 01:19:53,493
All that's left of us is what we leave
in other people's memory.
966
01:19:54,136 --> 01:19:56,128
We remember the vibes
of meetings with her...
967
01:19:56,336 --> 01:19:59,488
We remember her smile.
968
01:20:00,736 --> 01:20:08,132
We remember her down-to-earth attitude
to life she wanted to live.
969
01:20:08,536 --> 01:20:11,449
And everything she did,
she did with a smile.
970
01:20:11,816 --> 01:20:16,208
I'm happy whenever I think of her.
971
01:20:18,576 --> 01:20:20,090
She was such a cool girl.
972
01:20:20,456 --> 01:20:23,255
I'm so glad I found her,
and she found me.
973
01:20:24,816 --> 01:20:27,172
I owe her a lot.
She knew it much sooner than me
974
01:20:27,336 --> 01:20:31,046
and she made me realized that
it's enough to be an average person.
975
01:20:32,536 --> 01:20:33,536
Really.
976
01:20:34,456 --> 01:20:36,971
You really don't have to race
against yourself.
977
01:20:38,416 --> 01:20:41,011
You don't have to put your all eggs
in one basket.
978
01:20:41,376 --> 01:20:44,687
You don't have to do whatever it takes
to be a great artist.
979
01:20:45,056 --> 01:20:48,970
If you're meant to be one, you will.
Sooner or later.
980
01:20:50,296 --> 01:20:55,246
But life is not all about throwing
yourself into a whirl of your work.
981
01:20:57,056 --> 01:20:59,412
No matter how fascinating it might be.
982
01:21:15,616 --> 01:21:18,495
Thanks to her charm and charisma
983
01:21:19,456 --> 01:21:25,054
she made me confident
that you have to be true to yourself.
984
01:21:26,176 --> 01:21:28,691
You should follow your dreams.
985
01:21:29,456 --> 01:21:37,091
You should follow your inner wits,
986
01:21:37,416 --> 01:21:39,487
and believe your inner voice
987
01:21:39,656 --> 01:21:41,807
when it tells you
that you're doing the right things.
988
01:21:42,216 --> 01:21:43,366
That's what I liked.
989
01:21:44,216 --> 01:21:47,095
And somehow
that's what I actually did in my life.
990
01:21:47,736 --> 01:21:50,012
I also have three children,
and I'm happy.
991
01:21:51,016 --> 01:21:52,450
And I'm going down that road.
992
01:21:53,136 --> 01:21:56,686
But I still can do it
together with my wife.
993
01:21:57,136 --> 01:21:58,172
Ania - can't any longer.
994
01:21:58,496 --> 01:21:59,976
I miss her so much.
995
01:22:00,736 --> 01:22:02,489
I wish I could tell her that someday.
996
01:22:08,536 --> 01:22:11,370
We didn't have our last talk.
I regret it a bit that I didn't tell her
997
01:22:11,496 --> 01:22:14,648
who she was for me,
and how much she meant to me.
998
01:22:16,096 --> 01:22:18,531
We had a wonderful life together.
We loved each other.
999
01:22:18,736 --> 01:22:24,653
She was the most important person for me. She
gave me three beautiful fruits of our love.
1000
01:22:26,656 --> 01:22:28,090
I regret I didn't tell her that.
1001
01:22:31,816 --> 01:22:33,694
If she were here today?
1002
01:22:35,696 --> 01:22:37,972
I would only tell her that I love her.
1003
01:22:40,456 --> 01:22:42,607
I would only tell her that I love her.
1004
01:22:46,496 --> 01:22:50,490
May you never stop dreaming
and keep following your dreams.
1005
01:22:51,256 --> 01:22:52,610
Hugs and kisses.
1006
01:22:56,696 --> 01:23:00,656
That was meant to happen,
1007
01:23:03,176 --> 01:23:04,735
It was meant to be this way,
1008
01:23:06,576 --> 01:23:08,966
And it was meant to remain this way.
1009
01:23:11,056 --> 01:23:15,653
Reach for the Sun,
that's what appeals to us the most,
1010
01:23:18,016 --> 01:23:23,375
Though we know the dusk has to fall.
1011
01:23:24,016 --> 01:23:25,735
English subtitles:
Mirosław Michalczak