Polish Film Resources
The Cinema of Central Europe by ISBN: 9781904764212Date: 2005-05-11This new volume in the Twenty-Four Frames series focuses on twenty-four key Czech, Slovak, Hungarian, and Polish films from the twenties to the present. Between the wars the cinemas of Hungary, Poland, and the former Czechoslovakia each claimed their pioneers of early cinema and attained significant levels of production.
Cinema of the Other Europe: The Industry and Artistry of East Central European Film by ISBN: 1903364647Date: 2004-03-17Comprehensive study of the cinematic traditions of Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia from 1945 to the present day, exploring the major schools of filmmaking and the main stages of development across the region during the period of state socialism up until the end of the Cold War, as well as more recent transformations post-1989.
Contested Interpretations of the Past in Polish, Russian, and Ukrainian Film by ISBN: 9789004311725Date: 2016-02-04The papers in this volume explore the divergent and conflicting ways in which the Soviet regime is remembered and re-imagined in contemporary Russian, Polish and Ukrainian cinema and media.- Film and television in Poland byDate: 1976Translation of Film i telewizja w Polsce. Imprint covered by label mounted on title page: W.S. Heinman Imported Books, New York.
Historia filmu polskiego. by Date: 1966-t. 1. Banaszkiewicz, Władisław, Witczak, Witold. 1895-1929.--t. 4. Iskierko, Kossakowski, Nowak-Zaorska, Ozimek, Palczewska, Siekierska, Toeplitz. 1957-1961.
Historical Dictionary of Polish Cinema by ISBN: 9780810855663Date: 2007-09-19In 1902, scientist and inventor Kazimierz Prószynski made the first Polish narrative film, The Return of a Merry Fellow (Powrót Birbanta). Since then, the Polish film industry has produced a diverse body of work, ranging from patriotic melodramas and epic adaptations of the national literary canon to Yiddish cinema and films portraying the corrupted side of communism.
The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939 by ISBN: 9780821417843Date: 2008-09-01The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939 reveals the complex relationship between nationhood, national language, and national cinema in Europe before World War II. Author Sheila Skaff describes how the major issues facing the region before World War I, from the relatively slow pace of modernization to the desire for national sovereignty, shaped local practices in film production, exhibition, and criticism. The Law of the Looking Glass: Cinema in Poland, 1896-1939 is the first comprehensive history of the country's film industry before World War II.
The Modern Cinema of Poland by ISBN: 9780253204813Date: 1988-10-01Screenwriter and critic Michalek ( The Cinema of Andrzej Wajda ) and critic Turaj, who teaches at American University, traces Polish cinema and filmmakers since WW II. The Polish film industry is state owned, but filmmakers have transcended narrow government interests to articulate the social and spiritual consciousness of Poland. A key factor in the process is the film school at Lodz where Roman Polanski, Jerzy Skolimowski (Moonlighting) and numerous other writer-directors were trained in an arduous five-year course. Beginning with the postwar establishment of Film Polski, the full scope of Polish filmmaking is examined within the context of that country's changing political and cultural climate.
Polish Cinema by ISBN: 9781785339721Date: 2018-10-19First published in 2002, Marek Haltof's seminal volume was the first comprehensive English-language study of Polish cinema, providing a much-needed survey of one of Europe's most distinguished--yet unjustly neglected--film cultures. Since then, seismic changes have reshaped Polish society, European politics, and the global film industry.
Polish Cinema Now! by ISBN: 9780861966912Date: 2010-12-22Polish cinema has exercised an independent voice for more than 20 years, challenging political censorship and breaking the old production monopoly of the previous communist government. During this time, Polish movie makers have enjoyed the same freedoms and possibilities as their French or German counterparts, producing 500 feature films and several thousand documentaries. These works are paradoxically less well known internationally than the Polish films made behind the "iron curtain"--when cultural exchange with the western world was controlled exclusively by communist authorities.
Polish Film by ISBN: 0786413093Date: 2005-05-19Here is a history and filmography of the Polish cinema through the end of the twentieth century, with special attention to political and economic contexts. Each chapter includes discussions of important directors and films in a given period. Unique reference material includes a filmography providing cast and crew information for more than 500 Polish films; information about the translation of titles; and a list of all Polish films approved, rejected, or conditionally approved by the New York State Department of Education from 1922 through 1965, during which time the Department exercised virtual censorship for the whole country.
Polish National Cinema by ISBN: 1571812768Date: 2002-05-01In the years since World War II, Poland has developed one of Europe's most distinguished film cultures. However, in spite of the importance of Polish cinema this is a domain in need of systematic study. This book is the first comprehensive study of Polish cinema from the end of the 19th century to the present. It provides not only an introduction to Polish cinema within a socio-political and economic context, but also to the complexities of East-Central European cinema and politics.
Polski plakat filmowy. The Polish Film Poster. by Date: 1957142 pages with text published in 5 languages: Polish, French, English, Russian, German containing over a hundred movie posters from Poland, the majority of which are full colour.- Young Polish Cinema byISBN: 9788388814914Date: 2007Catalog of Polish film-makers and films from 1989 onward.
Magic Realist Cinema in East Central Europe by ISBN: 9780748639168Date: 2012-10-08Magic Realist Cinema in East Central Europe explores the interlocking complexities of two liminal concepts: magic realism and East Central Europe. Each is a fascinating hybrid that resonates with dominant currents in contemporary thought on transnationalism, globalisation and regionalism. In this critical and comprehensive survey, Aga Skrodzka moves the current debate over magic realism's political impact from literary studies to film studies. Her close textual analysis of films by directors such as Jan Svankmajer, Jan Jakub Kolski, Martin Sulík, Ivo Trajkov, Dorota Kędzierzawska, Ildikó Enyedi, Béla Tarr and Emir Kusturica is accompanied by an investigation of the socio-economic and political context in order to both study and popularise an important and unique tradition in world cinema.
No End in Sight: Polish Cinema in the Late Socialist Period by ISBN: 9780822964612Date: 2018-07-31No End in Sight offers a critical analysis of Polish cinema and literature during the transformative late Socialist period of the 1970s and 1980s. Despite being controlled by an authoritarian state and the doctrine of socialism, artists were able to portray the unsettled nature of the political and psychological climate of the period, and an undetermined future.
Polish Postcommunist Cinema by ISBN: 3039105299Date: 2007-02-07This book covers the history of Polish cinema from 1989 up to the present in a broad political and cultural context, looking at both the film industry and film artistry. It considers the main ideas behind the institutional changes in the Polish film industry after the collapse of communism and assesses how these ideas were implemented. In discussing artistry, the focus is on the genres which dominated the Polish cinematic landscape after 1989 and the most important directors.
The Red and the White by ISBN: 9781904764274Date: 2005-06-14The Red and the White: The Cinema of People's Poland takes a fascinating look at the history of post-war Polish cinema, and how it was affected by the political, social and cultural upheavals throughout the period 1947-89. This timely study re-evaluates the legacy of Socialist Realism, the representation of the war, cinematic portrayals of national myth and cultural history, literary adaptation and surrealism, and discourses of exile and national identity.
Poland Daily: Economy, Work, Consumption and Social Class in Polish Cinema by ISBN: 9781785335365Date: 2017-06-01Like many Eastern European countries, Poland has seen a succession of divergent economic and political regimes over the last century, from prewar "embedded liberalism," through the state socialism of the Soviet era, to the present neoliberal moment. Its cinema has been inflected by these changing historical circumstances, both mirroring and resisting them. This volume is the first to analyze the entirety of the nation's film history--from the reemergence of an independent Poland in 1918 to the present day--through the lenses of political economy and social class, showing how Polish cinema documented ordinary life while bearing the hallmarks of specific ideologies.
Polish Cinema in a Transnational Context by ISBN: 9781580464680Date: 2014-03-17The opening up of Poland economically and politically to global influences after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, coupled with the rise of transnational approaches to the study of film, presents ideal conditions for examining Polish cinema from a transnational vantage point. Yet not only have studies of Polish cinema remained largely within a national framework but Polish cinema, as well as many other Eastern European cinemas, has been virtually excluded from new research in transnational cinema.
Polish Film and the Holocaust by ISBN: 9780857453563Date: 2012-01-01Following the chronological development of Polish Holocaust films, the book begins with two early classics: Wanda Jakubowska's The Last Stage (1948) and Aleksander Ford's Border Street (1949), and next explores the Polish School period, represented by Andrzej Wajda's A Generation (1955) and Andrzej Munk's The Passenger (1963). Between 1965 and 1980 there was an "organized silence" regarding sensitive Polish-Jewish relations resulting in only a few relevant films until the return of democracy in 1989 when an increasing number were made. An important contribution to film studies, this book has wider relevance in addressing the issue of Poland's national memory.
Journey to Poland: Documentary Landscapes of the Holocaust by ISBN: 9781474403573Date: 2018-07-13Journey to Poland addresses crucial issues of memory and history in relation to the Holocaust as it unfolded in the territories of the Second Polish Republic. Aiming to understand the ways past events inform present-day landscapes, and the way in which we engage with memory, witnessing and representation, the book creates a coherent cinematic map of this landscape through the study of previously neglected film and TV documentaries that focus on survivors and bystanders, as well as on members of the post-war generation.
Women in Polish Cinema by ISBN: 1571819479Date: 2006-03-01Polish film has long enjoyed an outstanding reputation but its best known protagonists tend to be male. This book points to the important role of women as key characters in Polish films, such as the enduring female figure in Polish culture, the "Polish Mother," female characters in socialist realistic cinema, women depicted in the films of the Polish School, Solidarity heroines, and women in the films from the postcommunist period. Not less important for the success of Polish cinema are Polish women filmmakers, four of whom are presented in this volume: Wanda Jakubowska, Agnieszka Holland, Barbara Sass and Dorota Kdzierzawska, whose work is examined.
Visions of Avant-Garde Film by ISBN: 9780253023971Date: 2016-12-12Warsaw- and London-based filmmakers Franciszka and Stefan Themerson are often recognized internationally as pioneers of the 1930s Polish avant-garde. Yet, from the turn of the century to the end of the 1920s, Poland's literary and art scenes were also producing a rich array of criticism and early experiments with the moving image that set the stage for later developments in the avant-garde. Kamila Kuc draws on myriad undiscovered archival sources to tell the history of early Polish avant-garde movements--Symbolism, Expressionism, Futurism, and Constructivism--and to reveal their impact on later practices in art cinema.
The Struggle for Form by ISBN: 9780231169820Date: 2014-06-17This is the first comprehensive English-language account of the Polish avant-garde film, from its beginnings in the early decades of the last century to the collapse of communism in 1989. Taking a broad understanding of avant-garde film, this collection includes writings on the pioneering work of the internationally-acclaimed Franciszka and Stefan Themerson; the Polish Futurists' engagement with film; the Thaw and animation; documentary, Polish émigré filmmakers as well as essays and documentation on the highly influential Film Form Workshop.
Workshop of the Film Form by ISBN: 9783956793110Date: 2017-09-08Workshop of the Film Form provides an in-depth overview of the achievements of Warsztat Formy Filmowej (WWF; Workshop of the Film Form), a group of avant-garde artists who were working at the Leon Schiller National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Lodz, Poland, between 1970 and 1977. As pioneers of video art in Poland and structural cinema in Central and Eastern Europe, the artists refused classical narrative and traditional film media, working instead somewhere between cinematography and contemporary art.
Polish Animated Film by Call Number: 2003Published in conjunction with the exhibition, 'A short history of Polish Animation and Polish Avant-Garde and Experimental Film' presented by the Museum of Modern Art Department of Film and Media, New York at the Gramercy Theatre, New York, October 23-November 2, 2003.
Andrzej Wajda by ISBN: 1845452259Date: 2006-12-01The work of Andrzej Wajda - not only do his films address crucial historical, social and political issues; the complexity of his work is reinforced by the incorporation of the elements of major film and art movements. It is the reworking of these different elements by Wajda, as the author shows, which give his films their unique visual and aural qualities.
The Cinema of Andrzej Wajda by ISBN: 1903364574Date: 2004-03-24A major reassessment of the great Polish director Andrzej Wajda, who received a Lifetime Achievement Academy Award in 2000, this collection covers all aspects of his work. From the early trilogy of the 1950s – A Generation, Kanal, Ashes and Diamonds –to the 1999 epic Pan Tadeusz, the contributors consider Wajda’s daring innovations in style, his concern with Polish history and nationhood, and his artistic defiance of authoritarian rule during the Cold War, particularly in such films as Man of Marble and Man of Iron.
The Cinema of Ideas, Krzysztof Zanussi by Date: 1985Filmography and exhibition catalogue from Boston Museum of Fine Arts.
Films of Krzysztof Kieslowski by ISBN: 9780826415585Date: 2004-06-22Kieslowski's cinematic style stands apart in several important respects: his mastery of abstract imagery, his innovative use of sound and his deliberate circumvention of standard cinematic codes. Unlike many other 'art film' directors, who often fail to rise above commentary on the medium itself, Kieslowski uses these stylistic liberties to explore his philosophical concerns: fate, God, suffering, and love.
Jerzy Kawalerowicz, malarz X Muzy = Jerzy Kawalerowicz, painter of of the tenth muse by ISBN: 9788388820434A catalog of an exhibition devoted to the Polish Master of the Cinema, Jerzy Kawalerowicz (1922-2007): director, scriptwriter and producer. He was a leading figure in the Polish Film School, and his films Shadow (Cien, 1956) and Night Train (Pociag, 1959) constitute some of that movement's best works.
Intimations: The Cinema of Wojciech Has by ISBN: 9780810135055Date: 2017-05-15In this first study in English of a Polish master of world cinema, Annette Insdorf explores Wojciech Has's thirteen feature films with deep insight. Has made disparate but formally striking movies infused with European strains of existentialism and the avant-garde.
Krzysztof Kieslowski by ISBN: 9788880330615Date: 1996Among the last and greatest authors of European cinema, trained in the late 1960s at the prestigious Lodz film school, after a long career as a documentary filmmaker in Poland, he was discovered by international critics at the Cannes Film Festival in 1998, where he presented the film shock Krotki film or zabijaniu, which will become the fifth episode of his greatest work, the fresco in ten Decalogue films. Since then he will work in France, giving life to complex works such as the Three Colors trilogy. Blue Film, White Film and Red Film. His cinema combines philosophical reflection on the intertwining of chance and necessity in life with a sharp look at the political and social contradictions of our time.
Krzysztof Kieslowski by ISBN: 1628462132Date: 2016-03-14Krzysztof Kieslowski's untimely death came at the height of his career, after his Three Colors trilogy of films garnered international acclaim (and an Oscar nomination), and he had been proclaimed Europe's most important filmmaker by many critics. This collection reveals the shifting voice of a filmmaker who was initially optimistic about his social and cultural role, then felt himself buffeted by the turbulent politics and events of the People's Republic of Poland.
The Political Films of Andrzej Wajda by ISBN: 1571810056Date: 1996-04-01Andrzej Wajda is considered one of Poland's - many would say the world's - greatest film directors. His films deal with historical and political issues concerning Polish character and the nature of political power. Controversial, painful, stimulating and cinematically beautiful, they never fail to fully engage the spectator.
Wanda Jakubowska Revisited by ISBN: 9783631868348Date: 2022-02-16The book by Monika Talarczyk is devoted to the life and work of Wanda Jakubowska (1907-1998), author of The Last Stage (1948), an icon of women's cinema, said to be the Mother of All Holocaust Films. The author discovers previously unknown facts in Jakubowska's biography from the period of her childhood in Russia and her youth, associated with Polish socialists. She also provides a closer look at the director's activity in post-war production culture as a chairwoman of the film units and a teacher at the Łódź Film School.
- A Generation (dir. Andrzej Wajda, 1955)
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- Ashes and Diamonds (dir. Andrzej Wajda, 1958)
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- Knife in the Water (dir. Roman Polanski, 1962)
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- A Year Of The Quiet Sun (dir. Krzysztof Zanussi, 1984)
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- The Double Life of Veronique (dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1991)
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- Three Colors: White (dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1993)
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- Ida (dir. Pawel Pawlikowski, 2013)
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- All These Sleepless Nights (dir. Michal Marczak, 2016)
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- United States of Love (dir. Tomasz Wasilewski, 2016)
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- Tremors (dir. Dawid Bodzak, 2017)
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- Never Going to Snow Again (dir. Małgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert, 2020)
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Additional Resources on Selected Major Polish Films
Three Colors Trilogy by Call Number: Arts Library Selected Film and Television Scripts PN1997.A1 K54 1998ISBN: 0571178928Date: 1998-01-15The screenplays of Kieslowski's trilogy of films based on the French tricolor and its motto, Liberty, Equality and Fraternity, which he made at a time when his homeland, Poland, was shaking off the chains of Soviet domination.
The 'Three Colours' Trilogy by ISBN: 0851705693Date: 1998-05-27In this highly personal appreciation of the trilogy, Geoff Andrew analyzes how Kieslowski used his command of the cinema to open up the inner lives of his characters and to chart the way in which these lives are ruled by unseen forces. For Andrew, the trilogy is a poignant, thrilling hymn to the resilience of compassion in the face of adversity. Tracing the links between the trilogy and Kieslowski's earlier work, he argues that Blue (1993), White, and Red (both 1994) are the summation of Kieslowski's art.
Of Elephants and Toothaches: Ethics, Politics, and Religion in Krzysztof Kieślowski's Decalogue by ISBN: 9780823267101Date: 2016-06-15This collection is the first to offer a genuinely interdisciplinary approach to Krzysztof Kieślowski's Decalogue, a ten-film cycle of modern tales that touch on the ethical dilemmas of the Ten Commandments. The cycle's deft handling of moral ambiguity and inventive technique established Kieślowski as a major international director. Bringing together scholars of film, philosophy, literature, and several religions, the volume ranges from individual responsibility, to religion in modernity, to familial bonds, to human desire and material greed.
- FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals This link opens in a new window Searches film and television articles in the International Index to Film Periodicals (1972-current) and Treasures from the Film Archives, which contains silent film-era listings from archives.
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- Film (Polish Magazine) Film is a monthly Polish magazine devoted to cinema. It has been in publication since 1946, originally as a bimonthly publication. The founders were Jerzy Giżycki, Zbigniew Pitera, Tadeusz Kowalski and Leon Bukowiecki.
- Film Bulletin (Warsaw, Poland) / Film Polski. Includes: Special issue in English and French on the Poznań International Fair, 11-25 VI 1961. Issue for in French at UCLA.
- Performing Arts Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window Articles and reviews from a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry - including dance, drama, theater, stagecraft, circus, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic, performance art, film, television, and more. Former database title: International Index to Performing Arts (IIPA) Full Text.
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- Variety International Film Guide 17 volumes : illustrations (some color) ; 21-25 cm. Another ed. is published 2005-2006 in London by Button under title: The Guardian international film guide.ISBN: 09635769
- FIAF International Index to Film Periodicals This link opens in a new window Searches film and television articles in the International Index to Film Periodicals (1972-current) and Treasures from the Film Archives, which contains silent film-era listings from archives.
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- JSTOR This link opens in a new window Full text of core scholarly journals from their beginning to approximately five years ago. Disciplines include botany, business, ecology, general science, humanities, mathematics, social sciences, statistics. Browsable by discipline and full-text searchable across all disciplines. UCLA has access to selected JSTOR e-books. jstore, jsotr, jrstor, jsot, Jsror, jsstor, Jstar, j-stor, jstory, jstot, Jstr, jstsor, justor, jsot, jsage, jsot, Jsror, Jsror, jsstor, J star, j-star
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- Oxford Bibliographies Online: Cinema and Media Studies This link opens in a new window Annotated bibliographies for topics in the field of Cinema and Media Studies. Combines encyclopedia-style introductions with expert recommendations of the most important reference works, books, journals, and primary sources on the topic.
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- Performing Arts Periodicals Database This link opens in a new window Articles and reviews from a broad spectrum of the arts and entertainment industry - including dance, drama, theater, stagecraft, circus, opera, pantomime, puppetry, magic, performance art, film, television, and more. Former database title: International Index to Performing Arts (IIPA) Full Text.
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- Project MUSE This link opens in a new window Full text of current issues (from about 1990) of scholarly journals published by university presses, chiefly in the arts, humanities and social sciences. Browsable by discipline and full-text searchable across all disciplines. UCLA has access to Muse e-books published from 2017-present, plus a selected number of other e-book titles. Full-Text Journals, johns hopkins university, milton s. eisenhower library, Project MIse, project mus, projectmuse, moose, project moose
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- ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global This link opens in a new window Index to doctoral dissertations from 1637 to the present, with abstracts since 1980. A number of master's theses are also indexed, with abstracts since 1988. Many are available for download in pdf format. UCLA has access to all full text dissertations in the database. Non-UCLA users may use Dissertations Express to purchase digital or print copies of individual dissertations.
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- EBSCOhost This link opens in a new window Search platform for over 50 databases, from Academic Search Complete to Women's Studies International. ebsco host, ebscohost, ebs, ebsco host, ebsohost, eb, ebschost, ebsoc, EcbO, exco, esco, epsgoo, espco, ebs co, epsco
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- Film Polski Database features films and articles about Polish cinema.
- "A Foreigner's Guide to Polish Cinema" — Culture PL Author: Bartosz Staszczyszyn; Published: Aug 28 2014. Of all the areas of Polish culture in which a foreigner requires guidance, cinema comes to mind first. Many are acquainted with its international stars, but few know the background story and the gems that haven't yet made it globally. To brush up on your knowledge – or to tackle your complete ignorance – simply select your profile, click and enjoy!
- The National Film Archive — Poland FINA in Warsaw is a state cultural institution subordinate to the Minister of Culture and National Heritage. It has been operating continuously since 1955 with activities aimed at the protection of the national cultural heritage in the field of cinematography and the popularisation of film culture. National Film Archive became a member of the International Federation of Film Archives (FIAF) which is an association bringing together most film archives from around the world. Chairman of the Federation during the years 1948-1972 was Professor Jerzy Toeplitz.
- Polish Film Institute Polish Film Institute is a state legal entity established in 2005 to support the development of cinematography.
- Polish Poster Gallery Archival and contemporary posters of great artists of the Polish Poster School. The collection has over 3,000 titles, including film, theater, occasional and political posters.
- 7 Film Firsts from Polish History From Culture.pl, a list and history of major Polish film technology innovations.
- Culture — PL Culture.pl is the flagship brand of the Adam Mickiewicz Institute – a national cultural institution promoting Poland and Polish culture worldwide. Featuring over 50,000 articles in Polish, English and Russian, Culture.pl features the best of Polish literature, design, visual arts, music, film and more, with over 10 million visitors a year across 80 countries.
- Kino Eye Kinoeye was an online journal of European film published between 2001 and 2004, and prior to that it was a column in Central Europe Review. Although they are no longer publishing, you can still find back issues on their website.
Selected Polish Films
Ashes and Diamonds (dir. Andrzej Wajda, 1958).
"In this incendiary environment we find Home Army soldier Maciek Chelmicki, who has been ordered to assassinate an incoming commissar. But a mistake stalls his progress and leads him to Krystyna, a beautiful barmaid who gives him a glimpse of what his life could be."
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The Double Life of Veronique (dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1991).
"Irène Jacob is incandescent as both Weronika, a Polish choir soprano, and her double, Véronique, a French music teacher. Though unknown to each other, the two women share an enigmatic, emotional bond, which Kieślowski details in gorgeous reflections, colors, and movements."
The film was nominated for the Palm d'Or and Irene Jacob won the award for Best Actress at the 1991 Cannes Film Festival.
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Three Colors: White (dir. Krzysztof Kieślowski, 1993)
"The hapless hairdresser opts to leave Paris for his native Warsaw when his wife sues him for divorce (her reason: their marriage was never consummated) and then frames him for arson after setting her own salon ablaze."
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Ida (dir. Pawel Pawlikowski, 2013).
"IDA is a moving and intimate drama about a young novitiate nun in 1960's Poland who, on the verge of taking her vows, makes a shocking discovery about her past."
Winner of an Oscar and a BAFTA award for Best Film Not in the English Language. Nominated for Best Foreign Film at the Golden Globes and the César Awards.
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United States of Love (dir. Tomasz Wasilewski, 2016)
"Poland, 1990. The winds of change are blowing in Poland. The first euphoric year of freedom, but also of uncertainty for the future. Four apparently happy women of different ages decide it’s time to change their lives, fight for their happiness and fulfill their desires."
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Never Going to Snow Again (dir. Małgorzata Szumowska and Michal Englert, 2020)
"On a gray, foggy morning outside a large Polish city, a masseur from the East named Zhenia enters the lives of the wealthy residents of a gated community. With his hypnotic presence and quasi-magical abilities, he is able to get a residence permit and starts plying his trade."
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