Janusz Gajos
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
Français
Description
Last in a trilogy of films (Trois couleurs = Three colors) by director Krzysztof Kieslowski, White presents the mysterious tale of a man whose life disintegrates when his beautiful wife of six months deserts him. Forced to begin anew, he rebuilds his life, only to plan a dangerous scheme of vengeance against her.
3) Fuks
Publisher
Vision Film Distribution Company
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
Polish
Description
Eighteen year old Aleks thinks up a mysterious plan of conning a certain influential businessman, who made his fortune in a less than honest way. He meets the young, effective and full of temper Sonia, who is also involved in some way with the businessman. Will she stop Aleks' plan from working out?
Publisher
Vision Film Distribution Co
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
Polish
Description
"Royal Cupbearer Raptusiewicz resides in one half of a castle with the other half inhabited by his hated rival Regent Milczek. Raptusiewicz wishes to marry the Podstolina (widow of the Lord High Steward) for her money, while the Podstolina herself seeks a wealthy match. Regent Milczek's wish, on the other hand, is to bring about the union of his son Waclaw with the Podstolina. To complicate matters more, Waclaw is in love with Klara, ward and niece...
Publisher
Vision Film Distribution Company
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
Polish
Description
Yo-Yo is 16 years old and has a flair for electronics and petty theft. At home mad parties, fights and drinking-bouts are an everyday occurrence. His greatest dream is to join Mak's gang, which specializes in stealing the most elegant and expensive cars for a choice clientele.
Series
Criterion collection volume 587
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Language
Français
Formats
Description
"The most playful and also the grittiest of Krzysztof Kieślowski's Three Colors films follows the adventures of Karol Karol (Zbigniew Zamachowski), a Polish immigrant living in France. The hapless hairdresser opts to leave Paris for his native Warsaw when his wife (Julie Delpy) sues him for divorce (her reason: their marriage was never consummated) and then frames him for arson after setting her own salon ablaze. White, which goes on to chronicle...
Publisher
MGE, Inc
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
Polish
Description
"Angel Giordano, unable to return to heaven, stays optimistic while living with so many unhappy humans on earth. But Giordano is deeply shocked with his first experience of 'maleness' and old friends in heaven take pity on him, arranging a meeting with the only person on earth who can help Giordano overcome his deep sadness. Giordano discovers that love on earth brings great[er] happiness than he ever experienced in heaven."-- Container.
Series
Criterion collection volume 587
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Français
Formats
Description
"A bold trio of stories about love and loss ... [that] was a defining event of the art-house boom of the 90s. The films are named for the colors of the French flag and stand for the tenets of the French Revolution: liberty, equality, and fraternity--but that hardly explains their enigmatic beauty and rich humanity. Set in Paris, Warsaw, and Geneva, and ranging from tragedy to comedy, Blue, White, and Red ... examine a group of ambiguously interconnected...
12) Dekalog
Series
Criterion collection volume 837
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
Polish
Description
Originally made for Polish television, Dekalog focuses on the residents of a housing complex in post-Communist Poland, whose lives become subtly intertwined as they face emotional dilemmas that are at once deeply personal and universally human. Using the Ten Commandments for thematic inspiration and an overarching structure, the ten hour-long films deftly grapple with complex moral and existential questions concerning life, death, love, hate, truth,...
Series
Criterion collection volume 589
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
Français
Description
The mysterious tale of a man whose life disintegrates when his beautiful wife of six months deserts him. Forced to begin anew, he rebuilds his life, only to plan a dangerous scheme of vengeance against her.
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
Polish
Description
The Decalogue is a 1989 Polish television drama series directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski and co-written by Kieslowski with Krzysztof Piesiewicz. It consists of 10 one-hour films, each of which represents one of the Ten Commandments and explores possible meanings of the commandment, often ambiguous or contradictory, within a fictional story set in modern Poland. The entire 10 episode mini series is featured on the first five discs. Disc Six is a bonus...