POLISH FILM CLUB 'OKO'

Friday, February 19th at Polish Home, upper room - start at 7:30 (room set up and short intro about the film and its director);  actual screening at 8 pm sharp: Tomasz Konecki's   Ladies / Lejdis ,  comedy, 2008. Polish with English subtitles. Plot: Four childhood girlfriends, now adult women,  gather each New Year's Eve (which they celebrate in summer) to track the progress of their lives, make resolutions, and discuss their relationships with men. The film was a huge hit in its homeland when released - we might discuss the issue of the use of humor in the film form and what happens when translated, since the cognitive process of amusement is very much dependent on the social and cultural context.  It was was shown at SPFF several years ago and met a very good reception. There is not much about the director, Tomasz Konecki in English on the internet;  this is from wikipedia : Tomasz Konecki (born 22 April 1962 in Warsaw) is Polish film directo...

This friday, 1/15 at Polish Home, upper room - start at 7:30 (room set up and short intro about the director);  actual screening at 8 pm sharp: Kieslowski’s  'The Double Life of Veronique' (1991). Polish/French with English subtitles. [...] (French: La double vie de Véronique, Polish: Podwójne życie Weroniki) is a 1991 French- and Polish-language drama film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and starring Irène Jacob. Written by Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz, the film explores the themes of identity, love, and human intuition through the characters of Weronika, a Polish choir soprano, and her double, Véronique, a French music teacher. The two women do not know each other, and yet they share a mysterious and emotional bond that transcends language and geography. The film is notable for Sławomir Idziak's innovative cinematography and Zbigniew Preisner's haunting operatic score. The film was Kieślowski's first to be produced partly outside his native Pola...