{"id":3666,"date":"2016-03-04T22:54:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-04T21:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/?p=3666"},"modified":"2020-05-11T22:56:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-11T20:56:04","slug":"kieslowskis-films-retrospective-in-antwerp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/instytutpolski.pl\/brussels\/en\/2016\/03\/04\/kieslowskis-films-retrospective-in-antwerp\/","title":{"rendered":"Kie\u015blowski’s films retrospective in Antwerp"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Krzysztof KIE\u015aLOWSKI<\/strong>\u00a0was taken from us far too early on 13 March 1996, leaving behind a body of work of great finesse. Discovered by an Western audience at the end of the 1980\u2019s with\u00a0Dekalog<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(The Decalogue) \u2013 ten medium-length films forming a reflection on the theme of the ten commandments \u2013 he followed this up with four films which won him the lasting recognition of audiences and critics:\u00a0The Double Life of V\u00e9ronique<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>and his Trilogy (Blue<\/em><\/strong>,\u00a0White<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Red<\/em><\/strong>), a Franco-Polish co-production on the theme of the French motto „Libert\u00e9, Egalit\u00e9, Fraternit\u00e9”.\u00a0Red<\/em>\u00a0was his last film. \u00a0
In order to mark the 20 year anniversary of the death of the director, the Cinema Zuid in Antwerp is holding a retrospective of his films, showing shorts and feature-length films.

In the framework of this retrospective, we are organising on\u00a0Friday 22 April<\/strong>\u00a0the symposium\u00a0Triple life of Kie\u015blowski<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0in Cinema Zuid. This symposium is an initiative of the\u00a0Flemish Service for Film Culture<\/a>, the University of Antwerp and the online film magazine\u00a0Photog\u00e9nie<\/em><\/a>. We have invited four renowned Kie\u015blowski specialists:\u00a0Joe Kickasola<\/strong>,\u00a0Pascal Vandelanoitte<\/strong>,\u00a0Miko\u0142aj Jazdon<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0Kris Van Heuckelom<\/strong>.

PROGRAMME<\/strong>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
4 March<\/strong><\/td>\n20:30<\/td>\nAmator<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Camera buff<\/em>) – 117 min, 1979<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
9 March<\/strong><\/td>\n20:00<\/td>\n4 short films<\/strong><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
11 March<\/strong><\/td>\n20:30<\/td>\nPrzypadek<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Blind Chance) – 122 min, 1981<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
18 March\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n20:30 \u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\nBez ko\u0144ca<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(No end<\/em>) – 109 min, 1985<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1 April<\/strong><\/td>\n20:30<\/td>\nKr\u00f3tki film o mi\u0142o\u015bci<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Br\u00e8ve histoire d’amour) – 87 min, 1988<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
3 April<\/strong><\/td>\n18:00<\/td>\nKr\u00f3tki film o zabijaniu<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0(Tu ne tueras point<\/em>) – 85 min, 1988<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
8 April<\/strong><\/td>\n20:30<\/td>\nThe Double Life of V\u00e9ronique<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– 89 min, 1991<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
15 April<\/strong><\/td>\n20:30<\/td>\nThree Colours: Blue<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– 100 min, 1993<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22 April<\/strong><\/td>\n20:30<\/td>\nThree Colours: White<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– 81 min, 1994<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29 April<\/strong><\/td>\n20:30<\/td>\nThree Colours: Red<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0– 99 min, 1994<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
>>> To mark the 20th anniversary of the death of Krzysztof KIE\u015aLOWSKI, the\u00a0KLARAFESTIVAL<\/strong>\u00a0is screening the\u00a0whole of\u00a0Dekalog<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0(The Decalogue<\/em>) as well as holding a conference on the music in the director\u2019s films and a concert conducted by his friend, the composer\u00a0Zbigniew PREISNER<\/strong>, who wrote the music for\u00a0Dekalog<\/em>, the\u00a0Trilogy<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0The Double Life of V\u00e9ronique<\/em>.
+++ More information on:\u00a0www.polishculture.eu\/dekalog_en<\/a>

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FILMS\u00a0<\/strong>(all films will be screened with English subtitles)
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<\/strong>AMATOR<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0[Camera Buff]\u00a0(PL, 1979, 117\u2019)
Cast: Jerzy Stuhr, Ma\u0142gorzata Z\u0105bkowska, Ewa Pokas, Stefan Czy\u017cewski\u00a0
A factory worker buys an 8 mm camera for his personal use. He quickly develops a passion for his new pastime and starts to film his entourage. The images which he takes are a far cry from the official version, which gets him into trouble with the party and the authorities.\u00a0
Amator<\/em>\u00a0marked one of the first key stages in Kie\u015blowski\u2019s career: he drew a line under his experience as a director of documentaries and, at the same time, began to garner international acclaim.
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PRZYPADEK<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>[Blind Chance] (PL, 1981-87, 122\u2019)
Cast: Bogus\u0142aw Linda, Tadeusz \u0141omnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz, Bogus\u0142awa Pawelec, Marzena Tryba\u0142a\u00a0A student is running to catch his train. Three possible scenarios unfold for him, each of which could change the course of his life. Scenario 1: he catches the train in time, meets a communist and becomes a member of the party. Scenario 2: whilst running for the train, he collides with a ticket inspector, is arrested, sentenced to community service and becomes an opponent of the regime. Scenario 3: he misses his train, meets a girl, goes back to university and leads a quiet life in which he keeps out of politics.
Made in 1981, this film only received permission to be shown in 1987.
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BEZ KO\u0143CA<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0[No end] (PL, 1985, 109\u2019)
Cast: Gra\u017cyna Szapo\u0142owska, Maria Pakulnis, Aleksander Bardini, Artur Barci\u015b
Poland, 1982, under martial law. After his death, Antoni, a young, committed lawyer, watches how life goes on without him. His wife Urszula realises how fond she was of him. With her assistance, an experienced but demoralised colleague reopens the file on Antoni\u2019s last client, a militant from the union Solidarno\u015b\u0107, banned since December 1981. The lawyer advises the young man to abandon his ideals.\u00a0
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KR\u00d3TKI FILM O MI\u0141O\u015aCI<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0[A Short Film about Love]\u00a0(PL, 1988, 87\u2019)
Cast: Gra\u017cyna Szapo\u0142owska, Olaf Lubaszenko, Stefania Iwi\u0144ska\u00a0
Tomek, a shy, 19 year old postman, is madly in love with Magda, who is older than him, and he does everything he can to come into contact with her. His attempts to win her over are in vain and, despairing, he attempts suicide. Magda goes to look for him. When she finds him, she starts looking at life differently.\u00a0
This film is the long version of the sixth part of the\u00a0Dekalog<\/em>\u00a0series. \u00a0
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KR\u00d3TKI FILM O ZABIJANIU<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>[A Short Film about Killing]\u00a0(PL, 1988, 85\u2019)
Cast: Miros\u0142aw Baka, Krzysztof Globisz, Jan Tesarz
Jacek, a young unemployed man, a taxi driver whose pride and joy is his car and the ambitious Piotr, a young lawyer who has just passed his exams, are three men whom life has brought together: Jacek brutally murders the taxi driver and is defended by Piotr, who cannot avoid his client being handed the death penalty. \u00a0The motiveless murder of the taxi driver and that of Jack ordered by the state both appear utterly devoid of meaning. \u00a0\u00a0
This film is the long version of the fifth part of the\u00a0Dekalog<\/em>\u00a0series.
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THE DOUBLE LIFE OF VERONIQUE<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(PL\/FR\/NO, 1991, 89\u2019)
Cast: Ir\u00e8ne Jacob, W\u0142adys\u0142aw Kowalski, Sandrine Dumas, Guillaume De Tonqu\u00e9dec, Claude Duneton
V\u00e9ronique and Weronika are two physically identical young girls who were born at exactly the same time, one in France and the other in Poland. They have identical feelings: they both like music, suspect their lover of cheating on them and have weak hearts. When Weronika collapses from a heart attack during a recital, V\u00e9ronique immediately senses that an important change has occurred in her life…
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THREE COLOURS \u2013 BLUE<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(PL\/FR, 1993, 100\u2019)
Cast: Juliette Binoche, Beno\u00eet R\u00e9gent, Florence Pernel, Charlotte V\u00e9ry, H\u00e9l\u00e8ne Vincent
In this, the first part of his trilogy devoted to the ideals of France, Kie\u015blowski deals with liberty, seen from the vantage point of an individual destiny. When Julie loses her husband and daughter in a road accident, she decides to sell her house and cut the ties which bound her to her life in order to start a new, anonymous and independent existence. \u00a0But her past and entourage keep catching up with her.
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THREE COLOURS \u2013 WHITE\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>(PL\/FR, 1994, 81\u2019)
Cast: Zbigniew Zamachowski, Julie Delpy, Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Stuhr, Juliette Binoche
The second part addresses equality. A Polish emigrant finds himself on the street (literally) following his divorce. With two francs in his pocket, he returns to Poland where the neoliberal system which is starting to prevail after the fall of communism helps him to become rich very quickly. He concocts a hare-brained scheme to win back his wife, without success. The transformation of the hero is the focal point of this reflection on ideals. \u00a0
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THREE COLOURS \u2013 RED<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>(FR\/CH\/PL, 1994, 99\u2019)
Cast: Ir\u00e8ne Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Fr\u00e9d\u00e9rique Feder, Jean-Pierre Lorit
The third part is also testament to the sublime way in which Kie\u015blowski tells stories in which fate weaves strange connections between people. A young student in Geneva runs over a dog and takes the injured animal to its owner, a retired judge who spends his time spying on his neighbours. \u00a0Something will develop between the girl and the old man, although one could not describe it as a relationship. For the bitter old man, this encounter proves to be something approaching a rebirth.\u00a0
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Short films\u00a0<\/strong>(PL, 1973-1980, 79\u2019)These four shorts date from the period when Krzysztof Kie\u015blowski was making documentaries. His desire to describe what it was really like to live in Poland in the 1970\u2019s meant that the director frequently clashed with the state, which didn\u2019t like reality being depicted warts and all.\u00a0<\/p>\n