In memory of Andrzej Zulawski (Pavoncello)

Are you afraid?

In 1912, Szczebieniew, a rich and ailing old man, comes to Italy with his young wife, Zinaida. One day, in a movie theater Zinaida meets Ernesto Fosca, a young Italian violinist. She invites to the party on a villa and asks him to give her music lessons.

The second feature was also made in black and white. Firstly, almost everyone would be sure that he is watching a conventional love story and Zinaida is ready to run away with Ernesto. Nevertheless, in the XIX century, the noblewoman wouldn’t, with the highest degree of possibility, run away with the common man.

Pavonchello introduces The Idiot, familiar in L’amour braque. In the films of Andrzej Zulawski, The Idiot means a man, who is deeply in love with a fallen woman. As with Dostoevsky, The Zulawski’s Idiot is an innocent man with a pure soul.

In twenty-seven minutes, Andrzej Zulawski has portrayed the story of beginning and crushing of a true love. Let’s not forget this director and let’s keep in memory his art.