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A Short Film About Killing
tytuł oryginalny:
Krótki film o zabijaniu
reżyseria: Krzysztof Kieślowski
czas trwania:
82 min. |
(polska wersja znajduje się TUTAJ!)
Like A Short Film About Love, this is a film spin-off from Kieslowski's ten-part TV series The Decalogue. Set in Warsaw, Poland, it compares capital punishment with murders committed by individuals. It opens with a scene of a dead rat and a lifeless cat hanging by the neck. As the plot unfolds, Yatzek is a 20-year-old drifter who murders a testy taxi driver in a gut-wrenching scene of excessive violence. Tension continues to build as a newly licensed young attorney is chosen to represent Yatzek in court. Much anticipated and well-received at Cannes, the film won the European Film Academy Award for "Best European Film" in 1988.
Screening within the POLISH FILMS IN ENGLISH cycle.
