Title from web page. Bogusław Linda, Tadeusz Łomnicki, Zbigniew Zapasiewicz. Originally released as a motion picture in 1981. Widescreen (1.66:1). Special features: New interview with Polish film critic Tadeusz Sobolewski; Interview with filmmaker Agnieszka Holland from 2003; Nine sections from the film originally censored in Poland; Plus: an essay by film critic Dennis Lim and a 1003 interview about the film with director Krzysztof Kieślowski.
Summary:
A compelling drama about the difficulty of reconciling political ideals with personal happiness. This unforgettable film follows Witek, a medical student with an uncertain future in Communist Poland; the movie dramatizes Witek₂s journey as a series of different possibilities, suggesting that chance rules our lives as much as choice. First suppressed and then censored by the Polish government.
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