Wednesday, May 15, 5:30 p.m., screening room Warszawa
Filmotherapy. When Love Triumphs Over Old Age
Meeting with psychologist Anna Hebenstreit-Maruszewska
after the screening of the film TWO STRANGERS TRYING NOT TO KILL EACH OTHER, dir. Jacob Perlmutter i Manon Ouimet
Partner: Faculty of Psychology, SWPS University Sopot
Thirty years after their accidental meeting, the now 75-year-old Maggie Barret and 84-year-old Joel Mayerowitz are still very much in love with each other. Their relationship, on the other hand, is not without its complications. Born in the Bronx, New York, Meyerowitz is a world-renowned photographer with major exhibitions and 40 books to his credit. British-born Barrett is a talented but less recognised artist and writer. There is a rift in their relationship, which becomes apparent when Maggie falls and breaks her leg, and Joel has to care for her. At the end of their lives, they each have a long and dramatic experience behind them, and the difficult elements of their life together provoke them to find inner peace while they still have time to do so. After the screening, we will talk about life, death, love, and the meaning of it all.
Guest:
Anna Hebenstreit-Maruszewska – psychologist, sex therapist, and integrative psychotherapist certified by the Polish Federation of Psychotherapy and the European Association for Psychotherapy. She offers psychotherapy to adults and victims of violence. Her academic focus is human sexuality, including difficulties with the expression of sexuality and sexual education in the Western European cultural circle. Her areas of interest also include working with traumatised people in early life, as well as people following difficult experiences in later life, such as the death or illness of a loved one.
Host:
Joanna Wiśniowska
