Magic (Post) Realism: Jasminum (Poland - 2006)

Jasminum | Directed by - Jan Jakub Kolski (Poland - 2006). . . . April 3 | 7 p.m. | 301 Julis Romo Rabinowitz. . . . Prior Kleofas and Brother Sanitas live in a monastery in the small town of Jasminum (Latin for jasmine) with three other monks named after their respective body odors: Plum, Cherry and Birdcherry. The prior is determined to find portents of the soon-to-come fulfillment of Barnabas' Prophecy. However, the peaceful world of the monastery is destroyed by the arrival of two monument restorers: the young Natasha and her five-years-old daughter, Eugenia, whose charm and inquiring mind wreak havoc in the monks' monotonous life. Despite initial reluctance, Natasha starts the maintenance of the images stored in the monastery. And so, the secrets of the monastery are unravelled: the unhappy lovers' bodies placed in the catacombs, and the secret elixir of love created with the smell of the monks.. . . . Jasminum is the eleventh film of Polish film director, Jan Jakub Kolski. Born in in Wrocław in 1956, Kolski studied cinematography at the famous Film School in Łódź, where he now runs a screenplay workshop. In 2007 he gained his doctoral degree in film art. He's also a lecturer at Andrzej Wajda Master School of Film Directing. Kolski has won many awards in Poland and abroad. Among his major international successes is the Special Award at The Film Festival in Tokyo in 1995 for his Playing from the Plate. In 2000, he also became a member of the European Film Academy. His 2000 film Keep Away from the Window was entered into the 23rd Moscow International Film Festival. . . . (Film running time: 1h 55min) --- Event Details: https://my.princeton.edu/rsvp?id=1955494