Film Class: Kieślowski’s Decalogue – Parts 7 & 8
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The illustrious Polish director filmed between 1987 and 1989 ten films inspired by the Ten Commandments received by Moses on Mount Sinai. Each of them deals with episodes of everyday life, as well as certain dramas that have afflicted us since the end of the 20th century, focusing on inhabitants of middle-class residential areas in Warsaw. This collection constitutes a masterpiece, essential for all film lovers, and it is the first time it can be seen on the big screen in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Two films will be screened per session. DECALOGUE 7 (Thou Shalt Not Steal) (Dekalog, siedem) Poland, 1990, 55´ DIRECTOR: Krzysztof Kieślowski SCREENPLAY: Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz PRODUCTION: Ryszard Chutkowski CINEMATOGRAPHY: Dariusz Kuc EDITING: Ewa Smal MUSIC: Zbigniew Preisner CAST: Anna Polony, Maja Barelkowska, Wladyslaw Kowalski, Boguslaw Linda, Bozena Dykiel, Katarzyna Piwowarczyk. SYNOPSIS: Ania, who is six years old, is Majka’s daughter, but she has grown up believing that her mother is Ewa, Majka’s mother, that is, her grandmother. DECALOGUE 8 (´) (Dekalog, osiem) Poland, 1990, 55´ DIRECTOR: Krzysztof Kieślowski SCREENPLAY: Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz PRODUCTION: Ryszard Chutkowski CINEMATOGRAPHY: Andrzej Jaroszewick EDITING: Ewa Smal MUSIC: Zbigniew Preisner CAST: María Koscialkowska, Teresa Marczewska, Artur Barcis, Tadeusz Lomnicki, Bronislaw Pawlik, Ewa Skibinska. SYNOPSIS: Elzbieta has just arrived from New York to research Jewish survivors of the war. To do so, she attends an Ethics class at the University of Warsaw and introduces herself to Sofia, the respected professor. In collaboration with the DISA Foundation
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