Sala samobójców (2011)

After suffering extreme humiliation at school, Dominik holes himself up in his room and begins spending all his time in a virtual reality chat room.

Director:

Jan Komasa

Writer:

Jan Komasa

Stars:

Jakub Gierszal, Roma Gasiorowska, Agata Kulesza

19 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Jakub Gierszal	...	Dominik Santorski
Roma Gasiorowska	...	Sylwia (as Roma Gasiorowska-Zurawska)
Agata Kulesza	...	Beata Santorska
Krzysztof Pieczynski	...	Andrzej Santorski
Bartosz Gelner	...	Aleksander Lubomirski
Danuta Borsuk	...	Nadia
Piotr Nowak	...	Jacek- Dominiks Chauffer
Filip Bobek	...	Marcin
Kinga Preis	...	Psychiatrist Karolina
Anna Ilczuk	...	Ada
Bartosz Porczyk	...	Tomek
Piotr Glowacki	...	Psychiatrist Darek
Aleksandra Hamkalo	...	Karolina Zimmer
Krzysztof Dracz	...	Secretary of State
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Maciej Buda	...	Barman

Storyline

Dominik is an ordinary boy. He's got loads of friends, the hottest girl in school, rich parents and money to spend on brand-name clothes. But one innocent kiss with a mate changes everything. He begins to isolate himself from the outside world, spending all his time on his computer. He meets an anonymous girl who introduces him to the "suicide room", a place from which there is no escape. Caught in a trap woven of his own emotions, Dominik becomes entangled in a web of intrigue and gradually loses what he cherishes most.

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Plot Keywords:

suicide | virtual world | psychologist | alienation | internet | 

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Genres:

Animation | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site [pl]

Country:

Poland

Language:

Polish

Release Date:

4 March 2011 (Poland)

Also Known As:

Suicide Room

Company Credits

Production Co:

Studio Filmowe Kadr

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Upon its release in cinemas in Poland, it was the number one movie for three weeks.

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Quotes

Dominik Santorski: They know nothing. They play pathetic, ridiculous parts in a hollow, ridiculous play.

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Connections

Features F.E.A.R. 2: Project Origin (2009)

User Reviews

Look for memories, and save for tomorrow

This is a story that depicts loneliness and darkness and directed by Jan Komasa. Domink is a high school student who is only an son and was brought up in a wealthy family. Although he hides his wonder as to whether he might be a gay, he is an ordinary high school student, keeping in touch with friends on Facebook, laughing at a shocking video with them, and doing well with his life until his senior prom before graduation. His parents, always busy with their jobs, have created a barrier called isolation to keep him away. Dominik still manages himself in everyday life, but jokingly kissing Aleksander at a party unfolds Dominik's secret sense of homosexuality. Meanwhile, the kiss with the two boys is uploaded and hits a public relations on the net instantly. Whilst Domink enjoys the tension from the video and the comments at first, he becomes the laughingstock and his affection towards Aleksander ends up as a sense of betrayal. This causes him to become an outcast. Then, Dominik is invited into the chat room of virtual world called "Suicide Room" by a girl who can't find any hope in the real world. Whilst talking with the girl in the virtual world, he starts withdrawing from the real world, being attracted by her negative and mysterious allurement.

The story is well-conceived, expressing the changes of Dominik's psychological state: ordinary adolescence, close-mindedness, withdrawal, mental confusion, symptom of depression, etc. There is a distance in the worlds between the world where his parents and the psychologist live, and the world where Dominik lives. There is also his psychological condition where the diremption is making everything in his everyday life shut away from the real world, and his mental state that makes him attempt suicide. This makes the audience feel as if it is letting them walk through an endless, dark tunnel that has no exit. The net may make you feel platonic and eternity in a sense. Once you go out, you will see many people out there. Even though people may feel like they are connecting with each other through SNS, they may also feel isolated as if they are a grain of sand in the desert. This film well-depicted such distortion created in the net within the modern society. The ending is negative, leaving every question unanswered to the audience. The theme of the story, a person falls into a virtual world since he/she doesn't fit in anywhere, which may be a possible story. However, this will ring the heavy bell of your heart.