Cracking up
Polish screenwriter and author Igor Brejdygant tells DQ about writing Rysa (The Crack), which is based on his own novel about a top police officer who finds herself linked to the murders she is investigating. In January this year, Polish streamer IPLA launched Rysa (The Crack), a psychological thriller that follows police officer Monika Brzozowska as she attempts to overcome her fears and save herself. Working in the Warsaw homicide department, Monika is investigating a series of murders when she uncovers clues that implicate her in the crimes. Suffering from memory lapses, she becomes entangled in a dangerous game that will force her to confront the demons of her past. However, Rysa, based on the novel by author and screenwriter Igor Brejdygant, is just the first part of Monika’s story. Follow-up Układ is set to continue her journey, only this time in a political setting. Unable to mentally recover after the dramatic events of the previous season, Układ seeks to reveal the truth about what is happening at the top of the government and about people whose influence reaches too high for anyone to dare move them. Produced by Endemol Shine Polska for Sony Pictures Television Networks Central Europe in association with Telewizja Polsat, the show stars Julia Kijowska as Monika. Fellow cast members include Dawid Ogrodnik, Kinga Preis, Mariusz Ostrowski, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Janusz Chabior and Zuzanna Zielińska, while Adam Woronowicz and Piotr Witkowski join the line-up for Układ. Brejdygant has written both eight-episode series alongside Bartosz Janiszewski, with Maciej … Continue reading Cracking up
