Escape from the ‘Liberty’ Cinema

  • December 17, 2017 / 16:00
  • December 23, 2017 / 18:00

Director: Wojciech Marczewski
Cast: Janusz Gajos, Zbigniew Zamachowski, Teresa Marczewska, Piotr Fronczewski
Poland, 1990, 92', color
Polish with Turkish subtitles
 

During the screening of the film Daybreak in the “Liberty” cinema, the actors on screen stage a strike, abandon their roles, and begin to assert their freedom, making demands to the audience. When the censor is unable to control the situation, senior party officials are called in. This film is one of the most original Polish films of the decade; a poetic satire about the end of an oppressive era but also a universal tale about humanity. It was screened at Un Certain Regard section of the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.

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Escape from the ‘Liberty’ Cinema

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