ON OUR SCREENS
May 11 - 17, 2012
NEW:
BEAUTY | SKOONHEID
dir. Oliver Hermanus, South Africa 2010, 99' (in Afrikaans and English with Polish subtitles)
Francois lives a skillfully controlled, well managed life, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Father of two daughters and a devoted husband, he is wholly unprepared when a chance encounter unravels his clean and ordered existence. 23-year-old Christian is the son of a long lost friend. By all accounts he is the personification of a handsome young man in the prime of his life. Francois is so disarmed by the young man that it instantly ignites within him an all consuming infatuation and misplaced lust. Despite his careful concealed disgust for himself, Francois pours out the lost emotions he has despised all his life in what becomes a desperate attempt at taking from the world that which he has always secretly wanted: Happiness.
POLISS | POLISSE
dir. Maïwenn, France 2011, 127' (in French/Italian/Romanian/Arabic with Polish subtitles)
The daily grind for the cops of the Police Department's Juvenile Protection Unit - taking in child molesters, busting underage pickpockets and chewing over relationship issues at lunch; interrogating abusive parents, taking statements from children, confronting the excesses of teen sexuality, enjoying solidarity with colleagues and laughing uncontrollably at the most unthinkable moments. Knowing the worst exists and living with it. How do these cops balance their private lives and the reality they confront every working day? Fred, the group's hypersensitive wild card, is going to have a hard time facing the scrutiny of Melissa, a photographer on a Ministry of the Interior assignment to document the unit.
PRINCEDOM | KSIĘSTWO
dir. Andrzej Barański, Poland 2011, 115' (in Polish without subtitles)
Twenty-year-old Zbyszek grew up in a village in rural Poland. He was a promising football player until he injured his knee. He failed his law studies, he can't be a farmer, nor does he have much luck with women. The family farm gives him warmth and security, but his imagination runs free. A story about an intercultural suspension, and about a protagonist that exists in the 'in between'.
STORIES ONLY EXIST WHEN REMEBERED | HISTORIAS QUE SÓ EXISTEM QUANDO LEMBRADAS
dir. Julia Murat, Brasil 2011, 98' (in Portuguese with Polish subtitles)
Each citizen of Jotuomba plays an integral role in village life. Madalena is responsible for baking bread; each morning she stacks her rolls as Antonio prepares the coffee. The two share a morning ritual of arguments and insults, followed by an amicable cup of coffee on the bench outside Antonio's shop. At midday the church bells ring, summoning the villagers to mass. In the early evening, they all share a meal together. And so life proceeds in Jotuomba, the days languidly drifting into one another. The only variations seem to be in the weather. One day Rita arrives looking for a place to stay. She came upon the village while traveling through the valley, following the unused railroad tracks. She is a photographer, intent on capturing the village's special allure. Initially reticent, the townsfolk gradually open up to her, sharing their stories and allowing themselves to be photographed...
ALSO ON OUR SCREENS:
FEAR OF FALLING | LĘK WYSOKOŚCI
dir. Bartosz Konopka, Poland 2011, 90' (in Polish with English subtitles)
Young TV reporter Tomek leads a peaceful life. When his father ends up at a psychiatric hospital, Tomek must take care of him. As he enters into the world of mental disease, he learns the truth about himself.
THE INTOUCHABLES | INTOUCHABLES
dir. Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano, France 2011, 112' (in French with Polish subtitles)
A true story of a wealthy, physically disabled risk taker, the picture of established French nobility, who lost his wife in an accident and whose world is turned upside down when he hires a young, good-humored, black Muslim ex-con as his caretaker. Their bond proves the power and omniscience that love and friendship can hold over all social and economic differences.
THE LADY
dir. Luc Besson, Hungary 2010, 85' (in English with Polish subtitles)
THE LADY is an epic love story about how an extraordinary couple and family sacrifice their happiness at great human cost for a higher cause. This is the story of Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband, Michael Aris. Despite distance, long separations, and a dangerously hostile regime, their love endures until the very end. A story of devotion and human understanding set against a background of political turmoil which continues today. THE LADY also is the story of the peaceful quest of the woman who is at the core of Burma's democracy movement.
THE MINISTER | L’EXERCICE DE L’ETAT
dir. Pierre Schöller, France/Belgium 2011, 112' (in French with Polish subtitles)
The Minister for Transport, Bertrand Saint-Jean, is woken in the middle of the night by his personal private secretary. A bus has crashed into a ravine. He goes there, he has no choice. Thus begins the odyssey of a State official through an increasingly complex and hostile world.Speed, power struggles, chaos, economic crisis... In the frantic chain of events, one emergency replaces another. What sacrifices are men ready to accept? How long will they last in a State that devours those who serve it?
ROSE | RÓŻA
dir. Wojciech Smarzowski, Poland 2011, 98' (in Polish without subtitles)
The end of the war brought continuing chaos and violence for Poles living in former East Prussia. Rose is a Pole, whose German husband has been killed in the war, leaving her lone on their farm. As suspicious Soviet soldiers and foraging Poles circle around the farm, she is grateful for help from a former Polish Home Army officer who is trying to hide his identity.
WHERE DO WE GO NOW?
dir. Nadine Labaki, France/Lebanon/Egypt/Italy 2011, 100' (in Arabic, Russian, English with Polish subtitles)
As the looming spectre of strife threatens to seep into their village again, Amale (Labaki), Takla (Claude Baz Moussawbaa), Afaf (Layla Hakim), Yvonne (Yvonne Maalouf) and Saydeh (Antoinette Noufaily) are determined to protect their families from more violence and grief. To distract the men from succumbing to antagonism, they hatch schemes with zeal, beguiling the men with a cast of Ukrainian casino showgirls and serving hash cookies at a dance party. From one plot to the next, these women defy conventions and taboos — until a young man’s accidental death from crossfire outside their village calls for a more radical and decisive tactic.
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
dir. Andrea Arnold, Greay Britain 2011, 128' (in English with Polish subtitles)
A Yorkshire hill farmer on a visit to Liverpool finds a homeless boy on the streets. He takes him home to live as part of his family on the isolated Yorkshire moors where the boy forges an obsessive relationship with the farmer's daughter.
SPECIAL EVENTS:
5th Festival About Love Among OTHERS - more info HERE
Check out our weekly schedule!
In the schedule point to the Polish title to read the original title.
To make a reservation - click on the time of the screening.
ABOUT KINO POD BARANAMI - read HERE
May 11 - 17, 2012
NEW:
BEAUTY | SKOONHEID
dir. Oliver Hermanus, South Africa 2010, 99' (in Afrikaans and English with Polish subtitles)
Francois lives a skillfully controlled, well managed life, in Bloemfontein, South Africa. Father of two daughters and a devoted husband, he is wholly unprepared when a chance encounter unravels his clean and ordered existence. 23-year-old Christian is the son of a long lost friend. By all accounts he is the personification of a handsome young man in the prime of his life. Francois is so disarmed by the young man that it instantly ignites within him an all consuming infatuation and misplaced lust. Despite his careful concealed disgust for himself, Francois pours out the lost emotions he has despised all his life in what becomes a desperate attempt at taking from the world that which he has always secretly wanted: Happiness.
POLISS | POLISSE
dir. Maïwenn, France 2011, 127' (in French/Italian/Romanian/Arabic with Polish subtitles)
The daily grind for the cops of the Police Department's Juvenile Protection Unit - taking in child molesters, busting underage pickpockets and chewing over relationship issues at lunch; interrogating abusive parents, taking statements from children, confronting the excesses of teen sexuality, enjoying solidarity with colleagues and laughing uncontrollably at the most unthinkable moments. Knowing the worst exists and living with it. How do these cops balance their private lives and the reality they confront every working day? Fred, the group's hypersensitive wild card, is going to have a hard time facing the scrutiny of Melissa, a photographer on a Ministry of the Interior assignment to document the unit.
PRINCEDOM | KSIĘSTWO
dir. Andrzej Barański, Poland 2011, 115' (in Polish without subtitles)
Twenty-year-old Zbyszek grew up in a village in rural Poland. He was a promising football player until he injured his knee. He failed his law studies, he can't be a farmer, nor does he have much luck with women. The family farm gives him warmth and security, but his imagination runs free. A story about an intercultural suspension, and about a protagonist that exists in the 'in between'.
STORIES ONLY EXIST WHEN REMEBERED | HISTORIAS QUE SÓ EXISTEM QUANDO LEMBRADAS
dir. Julia Murat, Brasil 2011, 98' (in Portuguese with Polish subtitles)
Each citizen of Jotuomba plays an integral role in village life. Madalena is responsible for baking bread; each morning she stacks her rolls as Antonio prepares the coffee. The two share a morning ritual of arguments and insults, followed by an amicable cup of coffee on the bench outside Antonio's shop. At midday the church bells ring, summoning the villagers to mass. In the early evening, they all share a meal together. And so life proceeds in Jotuomba, the days languidly drifting into one another. The only variations seem to be in the weather. One day Rita arrives looking for a place to stay. She came upon the village while traveling through the valley, following the unused railroad tracks. She is a photographer, intent on capturing the village's special allure. Initially reticent, the townsfolk gradually open up to her, sharing their stories and allowing themselves to be photographed...
ALSO ON OUR SCREENS:
FEAR OF FALLING | LĘK WYSOKOŚCI
dir. Bartosz Konopka, Poland 2011, 90' (in Polish with English subtitles)
Young TV reporter Tomek leads a peaceful life. When his father ends up at a psychiatric hospital, Tomek must take care of him. As he enters into the world of mental disease, he learns the truth about himself.
THE INTOUCHABLES | INTOUCHABLES
dir. Olivier Nakache, Eric Toledano, France 2011, 112' (in French with Polish subtitles)
A true story of a wealthy, physically disabled risk taker, the picture of established French nobility, who lost his wife in an accident and whose world is turned upside down when he hires a young, good-humored, black Muslim ex-con as his caretaker. Their bond proves the power and omniscience that love and friendship can hold over all social and economic differences.
THE LADY
dir. Luc Besson, Hungary 2010, 85' (in English with Polish subtitles)
THE LADY is an epic love story about how an extraordinary couple and family sacrifice their happiness at great human cost for a higher cause. This is the story of Aung San Suu Kyi and her husband, Michael Aris. Despite distance, long separations, and a dangerously hostile regime, their love endures until the very end. A story of devotion and human understanding set against a background of political turmoil which continues today. THE LADY also is the story of the peaceful quest of the woman who is at the core of Burma's democracy movement.
THE MINISTER | L’EXERCICE DE L’ETAT
dir. Pierre Schöller, France/Belgium 2011, 112' (in French with Polish subtitles)
The Minister for Transport, Bertrand Saint-Jean, is woken in the middle of the night by his personal private secretary. A bus has crashed into a ravine. He goes there, he has no choice. Thus begins the odyssey of a State official through an increasingly complex and hostile world.Speed, power struggles, chaos, economic crisis... In the frantic chain of events, one emergency replaces another. What sacrifices are men ready to accept? How long will they last in a State that devours those who serve it?
ROSE | RÓŻA
dir. Wojciech Smarzowski, Poland 2011, 98' (in Polish without subtitles)
The end of the war brought continuing chaos and violence for Poles living in former East Prussia. Rose is a Pole, whose German husband has been killed in the war, leaving her lone on their farm. As suspicious Soviet soldiers and foraging Poles circle around the farm, she is grateful for help from a former Polish Home Army officer who is trying to hide his identity.
WHERE DO WE GO NOW?
dir. Nadine Labaki, France/Lebanon/Egypt/Italy 2011, 100' (in Arabic, Russian, English with Polish subtitles)
As the looming spectre of strife threatens to seep into their village again, Amale (Labaki), Takla (Claude Baz Moussawbaa), Afaf (Layla Hakim), Yvonne (Yvonne Maalouf) and Saydeh (Antoinette Noufaily) are determined to protect their families from more violence and grief. To distract the men from succumbing to antagonism, they hatch schemes with zeal, beguiling the men with a cast of Ukrainian casino showgirls and serving hash cookies at a dance party. From one plot to the next, these women defy conventions and taboos — until a young man’s accidental death from crossfire outside their village calls for a more radical and decisive tactic.
WUTHERING HEIGHTS
dir. Andrea Arnold, Greay Britain 2011, 128' (in English with Polish subtitles)
A Yorkshire hill farmer on a visit to Liverpool finds a homeless boy on the streets. He takes him home to live as part of his family on the isolated Yorkshire moors where the boy forges an obsessive relationship with the farmer's daughter.
SPECIAL EVENTS:
5th Festival About Love Among OTHERS - more info HERE
Check out our weekly schedule!
In the schedule point to the Polish title to read the original title.
To make a reservation - click on the time of the screening.
ABOUT KINO POD BARANAMI - read HERE
