FREE ON CINEGEEK.DE Andrzej Zulawski - Cosmos 

Whoever wants to find the true Zulawski behind the surface of his effects, pays attention to the moving tragedy that lies behind his sarcasm. Doesn't Cosmos seem like a dark fairytale world we're immersed in? Witold (a student, but without a degree) and Fuchs (a former fashion journalist) hate the forest. Witold throws himself on his knees in front of a strangled bird. Then there's a storm coming. They stop by Madame Woytis' pension, which sometimes freezes with rage. The maid Catherette, whose lip is torn open, works in the hostel. The flesh has vaulted outwards. Madame Woyti's daughter Lena, on the other hand, is of fascinating beauty. Witold desires Lena and both get closer in ellipses. At some point, everyone notices that what is happening repeats itself. Finally there are doubles, because we are in a Zulawski movie... Andrzej Zulawski has not worked for 15 years (possibly because his last films were unsuccessful). Cosmos is constantly on the move, we experience the unleashed camera that makes Zulawski's films so captivating. Breathlessly we follow the characters' endless conversations - but Comos is anything but a heady dialogue film! Zulawski basically tries to illustrate the sheer nonsense of education in his own dialogues. It is based on a novel by Witold Gombrowicz, who took it upon himself to describe existential questions quite frivolously. The failed Witold will never be able to win Lena over. Fuchs is as far away from being a cultural gourmet as Zulawski. Behind it reveals the true Zulawski: An infinitely sad filmmaker who asks for forgiveness. He never leaves his protagonists alone, he feels their tortures - and here we certainly experience his own suffering through the filter of the surreal. His whole work serves only the purpose of exposing what lives destructively within us. We need to see Zulawski as a great romantic in seeking only one thing: Mercy.