Polish Films in English: September - October 2010
(polska wersja znajduje się TUTAJ!)
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 a week, on Tuesday, we will screen Polish film with English subtitles
- something which you will not encounter anywhere else!
Screening from September 7 to October 19 2010!
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:
September 7, 2010 (Tuesday), 6.15 p.m.
BAD LUCK | ZEZOWATE SZCZĘŚCIE
dir. Andrzej Munk, Poland 1960, 107'
One of the most popular comedies from post-war Poland. The odyssey of a man through Poland from 1939 to 1950, in a changing world that seems to have no place for him. From his childhood to his first love, from his unwilling involvement in Fascist politics to his arrest and imprisonment in a prison camp.
September 14, 2010 (Tuesday), 4.30 p.m.
EROICA | EROICA
dir. Andrzej Munk, Poland 1958, 78'
Black comedy by the legendary A. Munk is a bitter yet timeless commentary on the notions of heroism and war set in World War II. In the first novel, a small-time black marketeer, trying to preserve his skin, ultimately becomes a hero and finds a reason for fighting. The second novel details a hopeless attempt to escape from a prison camp.
September 21, 2010 (Tuesday), 5. 30 p.m.
PRESERVE | REZERWAT
dir. Łukasz Palkowski, Poland 2007, 100'
After a stormy breakup with his girlfriend, freelance photographer moves into a dilapidated apartment in the Praga district of Warsaw. While taking pictures of the neighbourhood, Marcin discovers an unknown world which starts to fascinate him.
September 28, 2010 (Tuesday), 4.00 p.m.
SPLINTERS | DRZAZGI
dir. Maciej Pieprzyca, Poland 2008, 106'
The lives of Bartek, Marta and Robert will cross during one seemingly normal and average weekend in one of Silesia urban complexes. They don't intend to meet and they shouldn't meet but the destiny won't give them a choice.
October 5, 2010 (Tuesday), 5.30 p.m.
- RABBIT À LA BERLIN | KRÓLIK PO BERLIŃSKU
dir. Bartosz Konopka, Poland/Germany 2009, 51'
The untold story about wild rabbits which lived between the Berlin Walls. For 28 years Death Zone was their safest home. Full of grass, no predators, guards protecting them from human disturbance.
- ESTERHAZY | ESTERHAZY
dir. Izabela Plucińska, Poland/Germany 2009, 25'
The story of a small rabbit, Esterhazy and his search for Bunnies's Paradise that truly existed between East and West part of the Berlin Wall.
October 12, 2010 (Tuesday), 5.00 p.m.
MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS | MATKA JOANNA OD ANIOŁÓW
dir. Jerzy Kawalerowicz, Poland 1960, 103'
Disturbing exploration of faith, repression, fanaticism, and desire by acclaimed Polish director J. Kawalerowicz (Austeria). In a remote convent on the barren plains of 17th-century Poland, a young priest arrives to exorcize the demons from a group of possessed Ursuline nuns.
October 19, 2010 (Tuesday), 5.30 p.m.
WEATHER FORECAST | PROGNOZA POGODY
dir. Antoni Krauze, Poland 1982, 86'
The setting is an old age home run by an aging director with an authoritarian hand. In the evening many of the residents huddle in a living room, penetrated by the October cold, to listen to the news. The announcement is giving the number of expected deaths due too the coming harsh winter. First music score of acclaimed Polish film composer, Zbigniew Preisner.