Przypadek (Blind Chance, 1981) by Krzysztof Kieslowski
AFG presents at the Club (AKUMB, 40 Tumanyan Str.)
MAKER OF ENIGMATIC FILMS - KRZYSZTOF KIESLOWSKI
Tuesday, January 10, 2017 at 20:00
PRZYPADEK (Blind Chance)*
1981, Poland, 123 min, Drama, BR
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Stars: Boguslaw Linda, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz
Before he stunned the cinematic world with the epic series The Decalogue and the Three Colors trilogy, the great Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieślowski made his first work of metaphysical genius, Blind Chance, a compelling drama about the difficulty of reconciling political ideals with personal happiness. This unforgettable film follows Witek (the magnetic Bogusław Linda), a medical student with an uncertain future in Communist Poland; Kieślowski dramatizes Witek’s journey as a series of different possibilities, suggesting that chance rules our lives as much as choice does. First suppressed and then censored by the Polish government, Blind Chance is here presented in its complete original form.
* Donated to the program by Talin Grigorian (Canada)
* Programs are free of charge, but seating is on a first-come, first-seated basis.
* Films are screened in original language with English subtitles.
* BR Box Set Donated to the program by Zareh Arevshatyan (USA)