On our screens
December 8 - December 14, 2023:
HAMLET | HAMLET
(Svend Gade, Heinz Schall) DE 1921, 110’
(intertitles in German with English and Polish subtitles)
silent movie with live music: Trifonidis/Mencel/Staromiejski
A surprising adaptation of Shakespeare's play: Hamlet is a girl whose true identity is hidden by her parents. The lead role is played by the Danish diva Asta Nielsen - also the producer of the film.
LOVE ACTUALLY | LOVE ACTUALLY
(Richard Curtis) GB/US/FR 2003, 129’
(in English with Polish subtitles)
Follows the lives of eight very different couples in dealing with their love lives in various loosely interrelated tales all set during a frantic month before Christmas in London, England.
MAESTRO | MAESTRO
(Bradley Cooper) US 2023, 129’
(in English with Polish subtitles)
This love story chronicles the lifelong relationship of conductor-composer Leonard Bernstein and actress Felicia Montealegre Cohn Bernstein.
NAPOLEON | NAPOLEON
(Ridley Scott) GB/US 2023, 158'
(in English with Polish subtitles)
The film takes a personal look at Napoleon Bonaparte's origins, and his swift, ruthless climb to emperor viewed through the prism of his addictive, and often volatile, relationship with his wife and one true love, Josephine.
NO BEARS | KHERS NIST
(Jafar Panahi) IR 2022, 106'
(in Persian and Azerbaijani with Polish and English subtitles)
Jafar Panahi, the indefatigable filmmaker, never loses his vigor and continues his guerrilla warfare against the Iranian regime. Navigating the familiar borderlands between fiction and documentary, he spares no one, not even his own environment or himself. In No Bears, Panahi reveals how, from the perspective of the Iranian provinces, isolated from his crew and communicating with them solely through the internet (as the director is still formally banned from making films), he oversees the production of a new project. Panahi tries to put on a brave face and endure discomfort, believing that by staying away from Tehran, he can seek refuge from the watchful eye of authority. However, the artist's wishful thinking succumbs to the harsh realities, and the atmosphere surrounding his politically engaged melodrama grows increasingly tense. The titular bears serve as the immediate source of tension, but it is the ideological disputes, in which Panahi himself becomes entangled, that prove far more dangerous. The intensity of these experiences significantly impacts the director, who poses the question of whether fiction can still help us come to terms with an increasingly terrifying reality.
SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD | SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD
(Anna Hints) ES/FR/IT 2023, 89’
(in Estonian with Polish and English subtitles)
In the darkness of a smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences, washing off the shame trapped in their bodies and regaining their strength through a sense of communion.
THE OUTLAW AND HIS WIFE | BERG-EJVIND OCH HANS HUSTRU
(Victor Sjöström) SE 1918, 111’
(intertitles in Swedish with English and Polish subtitles)
silent movie with live music: The Magic Carpathians
Iceland, 18th century. A touching tale of tragic love between a widow and an outlaw accused of theft, enhanced by the harsh Scandinavian nature. A masterpiece of Swedish silent cinema.
THE PARSON'S WIDOW | PRÄSTÄNKAN
(Carl Theodor Dreyer) SE 1920, 94’
(With English and Polish subtitles)
silent movie with live music: Ula Stosio Supersonic Trio
The second film by the Danish director. When a young man becomes a pastor, he must marry his predecessor's widow, but he is engaged to another woman. A moving, often joyful film with an excellent performance by Hildur Carlsberg.
(DK Welchman, Hugh Welchman) PL/SE/LT 2023, 115'
(in Polish with English subtitles)
Against the backdrop of the seasonal changes and field work, the fates of the Boryna family and the beautiful and mysterious Jagna are at play. Women, especially the tragic character of Jagna, will take centre stage in the plot. The unique microcosmos of a village community will prompt a universal and incredibly up-to-date story. A story about tragic love and living in a small community where brutal game rules determine one’s position within the group, while stepping outside this small box may mean humiliation and rejection.
(Paul King) GB/US 2023, 116'
(in English with Polish subtitles)
Based on the extraordinary character at the center of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Wonka tells the wondrous story of how the world's greatest inventor, magician and chocolate-maker became the beloved Willy Wonka we know today.
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