
Agroupofhotelinternswakeupinanice-coldvan.Theydon’tknoweachotheryet,andhavejustarrivedtodotheirinternships.Thestrictmanagerofthehotelnumbersthestudents:realnamesarenotrelevant,andthereisnoplaceforindividualityhere.Asthegroupmovethroughgreen-litcorridorsandemptyroomswhileperformingthetasksallocatedtothem,timebecomesincreasinglydiffuseandtheatmosphereincreasinglyeerie.Whatexactlyisgoingonhere?<br/> Withheraward-winningdebutfilmTower:ABrightDay–whichalsomadecleveruseofgenreelements–PolishfilmmakerJagodaSzelcmadeitclearsheismoreinterestedinquestionsthaninanswers.InMonument,sheusesthesameambiguousapproach,onceagainresultinginanenigmaticfilm.Anartisticpsychologicalthrillerinwhichit’snotnecessaryforallthepiecesofthepuzzletofallintoplace.Theimpressiveactingalsodeservesamention–particularlyasthecastismadeuplargelyofdramastudents.
