- Description
- Cast and crew
- Duration: 30’
- Genre: PSYCHOLOGICAL DRAMA
- Resolution: SD
- Year: 1974
A young teacher from a small town comes to Warsaw with a school trip. In
one of the underpasses the man runs into his wife, who left him some time ago
in order to start a new life in the capital. The abandoned husband sees this as
an opportunity to reunite with the woman and revive the past he shared with his
wife. Unfortunately to no avail, the woman does not want to go back. She has
irreversibly crossed the line and went to the other side, the side of
metropolis with its cynicism and lack of feelings. The main character is
feeling lost in the big city, wandering around the labyrinth of corridors and
underpasses looking for a normal human contact. In the production, the director
used his earlier experiences as a documentary maker which can be seen in the
way the movie is composed: hand-held camera shots, unique narration and
Kieślowski’s characteristic editing. Thanks to these aspects the movie seems to
reflect a chaotic, ephemeral reality, thus making the story of the two main
characters even more plausible and deeper rooted in real life.
Krzysztof Kieślowski was a documentary and feature film director, a
graduate of the Łódź Film School and a winner of numerous Polish and
international awards for his films including the Oscar nomination, Cesar, Felix
and many others. He was a honorary member of the British Film Insitute and a
member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Oscars). His most
famous films: The Decalogue (1988), La double vie de Veronique (1991)
and Trois Couleurs. Bleu. Blanc. Rouge (1993-1994).
- Directed by: Krzysztof Kieślowski
- Written by: Ireneusz Iredyński, Krzysztof Kieślowski
Starring
- Andrzej Seweryn
- Teresa Budzisz-Krzyżanowska
- Zygmunt Maciejewski
- Jan Orsza-Łukaszewicz
- Anna Jaraczówna