PL | 2000 | 52 min
reż|dir Krystyna Janda prod|pro Paweł Rakowski scen|wr Dario Fo, Franca Rame zdj|ph Edward Kłosiński muz|mus Ryszard Rynkowski  mon|ed Milenia Fiedler ob|cast Krystyna Janda, Marek Kondrat, Tomasz Borkowski, Artur Kruczek, Adam Łoniewski, Michał Sieczkowski dys|dis TVP

Television Theatre’s staging of the text written in 1997 by the Italian Nobel Prize winner Dario Fo and Franco Rama. “The Open Couple” is a composition close to  commedia dell’arte, giving the actors quite an opportunity to use expression and improvisation, enabling genuine, creative contact with the audience.

A middle-aged marriage is going through a prolonged crisis. The husband habitually becomes involved in more and more affairs, and informally speaks about it to his wife, giving her detailed descriptions. As a supporter of an open relationship he sees no wrong in that. On the contrary, he thinks his attitude is modern, disavowing  middle-class convention. Barbara cannot understand her husband but she decides to put the idea of an “open couple” into practice and get other men interested in her.

Awards
2000 Lato Filmów/Film Summer in Kazimierz Dolny – award for the best TV Theatre play