Duszejko (Agnieska Mandat), without a first name is what the woman protagonist in Agnieszka Holland’s film ‘Spoor’ calls herself, and would prefer others to address her as; a quaint old woman who has taken to teaching English to school children in a lonesome mountain village in the Klodzko Valley in Poland. She used to build bridges once, we are told, hinting of a former career in engineering. Holland sets her film going with the sudden disappearance of Duszejko’s pet dogs, who never return after wandering off on a routine morning stroll with her. Continue reading “Spoor (2017) Polish Movie Short Review”
