Surowiec Family Archive

collection Surowiec Family Archive
length 03'20
country Turkey
locations Ankara, Turkey 
year 1983-1984
format S8 mm
color black and white
signature R PAFD 0048 001
description

The films from the Surowiec family archive were recorded in the first half of the 1980s, probably between 1983 and 1984. Most of them were shot during business trips abroad.
A couple is spending a sunny afternoon in the gardens of the Polish People’s Republic Embassy in Ankara. The woman and man appear in the frame alternately, presumably taking turns filming – she records him, then he records her. Following this pattern, they portrait each other in various locations: in the square under a willow tree, among fruit trees, on a tennis court, and against the palace colonnade. As they continue filming, they become more relaxed in front of the camera – at one point, the man playfully shows his belly, while the woman looks into the lens with a broad smile.

(WO)

keywords park, tennis court, jokes, embassy 
source of funding Polish Film Institute