The old and hackneyed theme of difficult teenagers continues to excite the minds of the geniuses of domestic and foreign cinema. Perhaps this is due to its unfading relevance. The work of the Polish author and director Jan Komas under the speaking title âHall of Suicidesâ was no exception. Actors starring in the main roles of the drama are the same teenagers with a difficult fate. In this article we will talk more about the film.
The plot of the "Suicide Hall"
The world premiere of Polish drama took place in February 2011. The film tells about the difficult life of a teenager named Dominic. He was born and raised in a wealthy family. He always had everything he could dream of. But parents have no time to pay attention to the boy. They are busy with their careers and personal lives.
Dominicâs communication with peers does not work out either. In particular, he often has conflicts related to his non-standard sexual addictions. As a result, the young man, in search of himself, turns to representatives of a closed Internet community, the name of which, in fact, displays the name of the film âSuicide Hallâ.
Members of the community, having a fate similar to the main character, quickly find a common language and become a kind of family for him. It is with them that Dominic spends a lot of time, sometimes completely immersing himself in virtual reality and ignoring others, including his relatives. Everything would be fine, but members of this community have an unhealthy interest in death. They monitor the suicides of their peers and vigorously discuss them in chat rooms.
In a word, communicating with members of society, Dominic becomes introverted and aggressive. And the complete indifference on the part of his parents leads him first to a psychiatric hospital, and then leads him to suicide. In general, the film âSuicide Hallâ reveals the topic of difficult relationships between adolescents and their peers, parents. We will talk about the cast and criticism of the film next.
What actors were involved in the film?
Among the actors who were invited to the shooting, we can distinguish the colorful twenty-seven-year-old actor Yakub Gershal. It was he who played the role of an eccentric and unlike other Dominic. A bright female role went to Roma Gonserovskaya, who gladly agreed to become a friend in the Dominic community - Sylvia. Also in the film, one could meet the following actors and actresses:
- Agatha Kulesha (Agatha Kulesha played the role of the mother of the main character);
- Krzysztof Peczynski (father of the protagonist);
- Donat Borsuk (housekeeper of a wealthy Santorsky family);
- Petra Novak (personal chauffeur of Dominica);
- Philip Bobec;
- Krzysztof Dracha;
- King Preus;
- Alexander Hamkalo;
- Peter Glovatsky;
- Anna Ilchuk;
- Bartosh Porchik;
- Weslaw Komas;
- Carolina Drizner and others.
Brief information about Yakub Gershal
Yakub Gershal is a young and promising actor, born in March 1988 in the family of an actress and director. Initially, he lived with his parents in Krakow, then in Germany, again in Poland, and then moved to Hamburg.
As you see, because of the creative profession of his relatives, the young Yakub was often forced to move, sometimes without even having time to get used to his new place of residence and make friends.
When he was 11 years old, his relatives returned to Poland, settling in the hometown of the mother of the boy Torun. Yakub Gershal received an acting specialty at the Krakow Higher Theater School. However, he was never able to finish it because of the busy acting schedule. And although the filmography of the actor is not so great, among the films with his participation there are many interesting works. The most striking of them are the following films:
- âEverything that I loveâ (the role of Kazik);
- "Million dollars" (the role of Pavelek Leo);
- âSuicide Hallâ (2011);
- "Yuma" (the role of Zygi);
- The Bend (Lucas);
- Dracula and others.
During his short career, the actor received one "Audience Award" (in 2011) and two honorary film awards (2011 and 2012). The finest hour for Yakub struck immediately after participating in the filming of "Suicide Hall." According to critics, the actor managed to reveal his character, with whom in reality he has a lot in common.
âSuicide Hallâ (actors): information about Roma Gonserovskaya
Roma Gonserovskaya-Zhuravskaya (in the Polish manner of Gonscherovsk) is a charming blonde actress with blue eyes. She was born in late January 1981 in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz. The girl absorbed her passion for domestic cinema with motherâs milk.
Since childhood, she was fascinated by the acting profession, for which she was ready to sit for hours behind the script and learn words for the next school play. Interestingly, the idea to create an amateur theater within the school also belonged to her.
A few years later, Roma Gonscherovska decided to get a specialized education and went for knowledge to the Krakow Higher Theater School. Upon its completion in 2005, the girl received a diploma and was invited to two theaters at once, one of which was in Warsaw, and the other in Krakow.
Later, Roma began to play in the movie. So she starred in the episodic role of a girl from a bookstore in the series Clan, and appeared in the film Weather for Tomorrow. She also played the role of Olenka in the film "Fur." In the creative piggy bank of Roma, more than 30 films and four awards in the nomination "Best Actress".
Roma Gonscherovska is a comprehensively developed personality. In addition to theater and cinema, she is actively interested in fashion and even tried herself in a new role as a fashion designer. She is now 34 years old. She is married to Michal Zhuravsky and has two children: daughter Jadwig and son Clemens.
A Brief Biography of Agatha Kulesh
Agatha is a well-known Polish actress working in radio, theater, cinema and television. She was born in late September 1971 in the seventh largest Polish city of Szczecin.
In early 1994, Agatha Kulesha received a diploma from the State Higher Theater School in Warsaw. A year earlier, she was invited to the Warsaw Drama Theater. There she played her very first role. In the period from 1995 to 1999, the actress played in the performances of the Polish Radio Theater and the Television Theater. The most famous works of the forty-four-year-old Agatha are:
- "A man from ..";
- "Eve of spring";
- "Saved by a miracle";
- âFar from the stretcherâ and others.
At the moment, Kulesha is engaged in her favorite acting career and is raising her daughter Marianne.
Short biography of Krzysztof Peczynski
Krzysztof Peczynski - Polish actor, born in 1957 in Opole. He positions himself as a rather successful poet and writer. He studied at the Cracow Theater Academy, which he graduated in 1980. He starred in such films as Easy Money, Faces of Death, Crossing the Line, Jack Strong, Paradox and others.
Brief information and filmography of Bartos Gelner
Bartosh Gölner is a theater and film actor born in April 1988 in Chorzow. He began his acting career from school, where he distinguished himself by organizing the project âCabaret 3/4â. Repeatedly showed his organizational skills, for which he was invited to the post of public figure and chairman of the youth council in the period from 2005 to 2006. Later, there were roles in the cinema, work in series and theater productions. So Bartosh managed to star in four films and in seven series.
Among his famous works there are such films as âFloating Skyscrapersâ, âDay of Fraudâ, âFidelityâ, as well as the series âCommissar Alexâ, âJustice Agathaâ, âTime of Honorâ and others. Hellner also lit up in the drama Suicide Hall. The actors who starred in this film, according to Bartosh, quickly became friends and found a common language.
What problems does the author of the film affect?
According to many film critics, the author of the film was able to fully reveal the current problems of youth. So we are faced with the image of a young man who, despite the money of his parents, is very lonely. He suffers from certain difficulties inherent in adolescence. In particular, Dominic makes a lot of mistakes trying to find himself. For example, he does not decide on his sexual preferences: then he pays attention to the girls, and then at one moment realizes that he is being turned on by guys.
In addition, the main character is trying to gain popularity among peers, using a gun stolen from his parents. He spends money on alcohol and cigarettes, trying to at least imitate his father a little, suffers from a lack of attention, which prompts him to commit even more rash acts. All this leads him to the Suicide Hall. The actors in this drama are perfectly matched, and this allows the director to completely convey to the viewer the atmosphere of those terrible circumstances, the victim of which becomes the main character.
Psychological problems of characters
What issues does the Suicide Room cover? The heroine of the film Sylvia (a friend in the Dominic community) also has mental problems. She, like the main character, is deprived of parental attention, suffers from a lack of real communication with peers and loves masochistic games.
The remaining members of the affinity club also have similar fates and taste preferences. They, like Dominic, preferred virtual communication to real. That is what prompted them to create their own fantasy world. All this is covered by the psychological drama âSuicide Hallâ. Actors, directors, screenwriters and other people involved in the film did their best to make it spectacular and filled with deep meaning.