[“Close the door” or using the cinematic space to evoke the sacred on the example of Cristi Puiu’s Sieranevada ; „Zamknij drzwi”, czyli wykorzystanie przestrzeni filmowej do uobecnienia sacrum na przykładzie filmu Sieranevada Cristi Puiu ; [Close the door” or using the cinematic space to Evoke the Sacred on the example of Cristi Puiu’s Sieranevada; “Close doors”, i.e. the use of the film space for the current sacrum in the example of the Sieranevad Crista Puiu film

The article analyzes how the main representative of the Romanian New Wave – Cristi Puiu – uses the visual space of an apartment for staging and presenting the visible and hidden spheres of reality. His film Sieranevada, focusing on a family meeting on the occasion of religious ceremonies commemorating recently deceased senior family member, shows the possibilities of using the language of realism to appeal to the spirituality present in everyday life and to unveil Transcendence. ; The article analyzes how the main representative of the Romanian New Wave – Cristi Puiu – uses the visual space of an apartment for staging and presenting the visible and hidden spheres of reality. His film Sieranevada, focusing on a family meeting on the occasion of religious ceremonies commemorating recently deceased senior family member, shows the possibilities of using the language of realism to appeal to the spirituality present in everyday life and to unveil Transcendence.