“Simon's Agony is unique storytelling thrust onto the screen with such grace and elegance. Director and writer Deniz Demirer has created a well-crafted film with excellent storytelling built around captivating characters. Simon's Agony is so bold you forget you're watching a short film. Absolutely terrific filmmaking!” —Oaxaca FilmFest/IMDB
SIMON'S AGONY follows Simon, a middle-aged sickly sculptor, who begins a commission to create a massive sculpture without the commission having yet been funded. Simon has neither the strength, nor the physical space, nor the resources to take on the project, but he is driven forward by an inexplicable desire to complete the piece.
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“Simon’s Agony is the best of the eight films, and the one most evocative of Kieslowski and the intense, interior world characteristic of high-quality European cinema. Written and directed by Polish filmmaker Deniz Demirer and starring Zenon Zeleniuch in a gripping performance as a silent, ill, and devout sculptor, Simon’s Agony is the only part of the anthology that states its particular inspiration: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.” In just twenty minutes, Demirer manages to show something truly extraordinary about the nature of art and faith, as Simon’s drive to create for God necessarily means human disconnection, and even betrayal.”