The Roe's Room

The Roe's Room Synopsis

Polish director Lech Majewski brings his self-described "autobiographical opera" to the screen. Majewski's story unfolds in a single apartment over the course of four seasons -- beginning with spring.

As the film begins, a small family -- mother, father and son -- sit down for the evening meal and then prepare to sleep. Just before bedtime, the boy hangs a painting of a cross-bound Christ on his wall. Soon afterward, blood slowly drips down the wall.

Summer brings an abundance of blooming flowers inside the flat, and things take on a magical, slightly surreal air in which the man-made environment becomes increasingly naturalistic; eventually, a herd of deer move in.