In memory of Andrzej Zulawski (Piesn triumfujacej milosci)

This is a song about love

Andrzej Zulawski died two weeks ago and as one my good friend said; that the artists (including directors, actors, painters and artists) should be remembered because of their art, not because of their personalities. Following the words of my friend, I have decided to watch the early works of Andrzej Zulawski.

The first feature of Zulawski is an adaptation of a short story, written by Turgenev. I have a small confession to make; that I haven’t read this story, but, judging by the later films, for Zulawski adaptation is merely a word.

From the first seconds, you could see the technical language of Zulawski: haunting music of Andrzej Korzyński and constantly following camera. The film depicts the story of a doomed love, which would be later present in L’important c’est d’aimer and Mes nuits sont plus belles que vos jours.

Using the minimum of resources and in just twenty-six minutes, Andrzej Zulawski depicts the story of a woman, living in a so-called «normal marriage», which crashes after the first glimpse of a true of love. Beata Tyszkiewicz holds the acting torch, which will be passed to Romy Schneider, Isabelle Adjani and Sophie Marceau.

The first feature of Andrzej Zulawski shows us that the real talent could be a substitute for the lack of technical resources. Some simplicity of this work, compared with later features, is caused only by technical limitations.