Uśmiech zębiczny (1957)

Directed by

Roman Polanski

Genre

drama film

Country

Poland

Runtime

2 min

Rating

5.2 of 10 from 46 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A man walks down stairs and stops to look through a window at a woman drying her hair. He is interrupted by someone bringing out bottles. When the door closes, he goes back to the window and gets a surprise.

absurdobservationalrepetitivedeadpansuspensefulminimalistwhimsicalunexpected

What happens

A Toothy Smile (Polish: Uśmiech zębiczny) is a 1957 Polish short film written and directed by Roman Polanski. A man walks down the exterior staircase of some building, He passes a small window. He looks in, and there a young woman standing at a washbasin, drying her hair with a towel that covers her face. The man is interrupted by a door opening, the occupant begins bringing out empty bottles. The man starts down the stairs, only to return to the window after the door has closed. He again looks in the window and is surprised. In his autobiography, Roman Polanski says that the theme was set for him by a supervisor at film school. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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