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Bukowska makes sure we become as fixated on Anna as she is on Witek, as cinematographer Tomasz Naumiuk's camera creeps ever closer to her, his stifling approach matched by dislocating sound design and Natalia Fiedorczuk-Cieslak's score.

Extras is a film about the little people. At first they seem like nonentities, but as the story unravels we gradually get to know more about them - the difficulties they face in life, their dreams, and their various quirks

Shyness has rarely had such a threatening undercurrent.

The personal is prominent, with Domalewski leaving the viewer to draw their own picture of the broader socio-economic failings of all this.

At the midway point, the screenplay begins to flap about all over the place but Smoczynska's firm, high-energy directing - including an extras-laden shopping centre extravaganza - doesn't stop to let you consider them for too long.

Beginning with acts of rape and murder, Wojtek Smarzowski immediately sets the tone for his hard-hitting period drama which although containing a carefully wrought love story, never romanticises the past.

Since much of the marital battle is a 'war of silence', the film hinges on Jankowska-Cieslak's performance and she rises masterfully to the challenge.

This is a fine film, well acted and the ever-changing complex relationship between the characters is cleverly played out.