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Polish Films in English 2009 - programme

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POLISH FILMS IN ENGLISH - in Kino Pod Baranami

POLISH FILMS IN ENGLISH is Kino Pod Baranami's cycle of screenings specially for English speaking viewers.

Once every two weeks, on Tuesday, we will screen Polish film with English subtitles 
- something which you will not encounter anywhere else!

Come and see what’s happening in Polish cinematography!

- older and new titles
- great Polish actors and directors
- classics and entertainment
- all with English subtitles


Tickets: 13 PLN


Programme:

March 17, 2009 (Tuesday)
MAN OF MARBLE | CZŁOWIEK Z MARMURU
dir. Andrzej Wajda, Poland 1976, 156`

One of the most important films in the history of Polish cinematography. Agnieszka (Krystyna Janda), a Film School student, is completing her diploma film in 1976. Examining the life of a bricklayer from Nowa Huta in Krakow, she discovers a more general truth about the bitter years of the Stalinist 1950s in Poland.

March 31, 2009 (Tuesday)
CAMOUFLAGE | BARWY OCHRONNE
dir. Krzysztof Zanussi, Poland 1976, 96`

Psychological drama set among Polish academics. It juxtaposes two moral ideas: one of a young and honest idealist and the other of a corrupt cynic. An acclaimed film, ranked among the famous cinema of moral anxiety, which accurately presents the social situation, dilemmas and individual choices in Poland in 1970s.

April 14, 2009 (Tuesday)
LOUISE'S GARDEN | OGRÓD LUIZY
dir. Maciej Wojtyszko, Poland 2007, 102`

A story of a sensitive 18-year-old girl and a young gangster, whose fates meet in a mental hospital, where both are being treated. The fruit of this meeting will, of course, be the start of a relationship. One of the best recent productions in Polish cinema: light, intelligent and with great performances by young actors.


April 28, 2009 (Tuesday)
THE BIRCH WOOD | BRZEZINA
dir. Andrzej Wajda, Poland 1970, 99`

A young pianist, dying of tuberculosis, retreats to the farm of his brother, who recently lost his young wife. In the silence of the woods, the desperately fun-loving pianist and his deeply suffering brother clash. An homage to life, based on a Jarosław Iwaszkiewicz’s writings, with expressive performances, and the beauty and depths of the forests.

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