POLISH FILM CLUB 'OKO'

Because of the pandemic, our Polish movie screenings are not possible at this time. So instead, for every month we miss, here is a movie suggestion to watch at home. This is episode three of the series (May replacement). The Mire (available on Netflix) Poland, early 80's, the middle of a small, forgotten town. In the local forest a young prostitute and a communist activist are brutally murdered. At the same time a couple of teenagers commit a suicide. Two journalists of a local newspaper are investigating the crimes. The more they dig around the more they find themselves in a "mire" which is extremely hard to get out of. In addition to a great plot, the music in this series is phenomenal! Cast: Andrzej Seweryn, Dawid Ogrodnik, Piotr Fronczewski, Magdalena Walach i Zofia Wichlacz. Trailer (in Polish):

Because of the pandemic our Polish movie screenings are no longer possible. So instead, for every month we miss, a movie suggestion to watch from home. This is episode two of the series (our April replacement).    Recommendation by Marzena Szlaga Remembrance (available on Amazon Prime) "Remembrance” is a German-Polish co-production (Polish title: Zagubiony Czas ). The film is based on a true story of Jerzy Bielecki and Cyla Cybulska. Young Polish resistance officer, Tomasz Limanowski, is captured and sent to Auschwitz II (in that role- charismatic Mateusz Damięcki) where he falls in love with a German-Jewish girl, Hanna Silberstein, a prisoner of the women slave labor camp. They manage to escape the Nazi camp but unforeseen coincidence and betrayal of Tomasz's family member prevents their unification. They meet again 30 years later. This is a story of young unfulfilled love, fight for freedom, suffering and perseverance, and also about the struggle of life in ...

Because of the pandemic our Polish movie screenings are no longer possible. So instead, for every month we miss, a movie suggestion to watch from home. This is episode one of the series our March replacement). Essential Killing (available on Amazon Prime) Skolimowski at his best: frigid winter landscape, a prisoner on the run. And you, the viewer, who could clearly see from the get-go: there is no chance for survival. A "pure, elemental story," with a contemporary setting. If a trailer makes you think it is a political tale, don't quite believe it. As Roger Ebert put it: "Despite the contemporary setting, "Essential Killing" makes little point of politics. Yes, the man is Taliban and yes, he's tortured, but there are no speeches and precious little dialogue by anyone, let alone the Gallo character. It's  pure action, and then you're free to find your own parallels." If you are interested to read more before watching, this is probabl...