Film Classroom: Kieślowski's Decalogue – Parts 1 & 2
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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 one deals with episodes of everyday life, as well as certain dramas that have afflicted us since the end of the 20th century, focusing on residents of middle-class housing estates in Warsaw. This collection constitutes a masterpiece, essential for all film lovers, and this 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 1: I Am the Lord Your God (Dekalog, jeden) Poland, 1989, 53´ DIRECTOR: Krzysztof Kieślowski SCREENPLAY: Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz PRODUCTION: Ryszard Chutkowski CINEMATOGRAPHY: Wieslaw Zdort EDITING: Ewa Smal MUSIC: Zbigniew Preisner CAST: Henryk Baranowski, Wojciech Klata, Maja Komorowska, Artur Barcis, Aleksandra Majsiuk. SYNOPSIS: After separating from his wife, a university professor lives with his son Pavel, to whom he tries to pass on his rationality and atheism. He has also considered it appropriate to teach him how to use the computer. DECALOGUE 2 (You Shall Not Take the Name of the Lord Your God in Vain) (Dekalog dwa) Poland, 1990, 57´ DIRECTOR: Krzysztof Kieślowski SCREENPLAY: Krzysztof Kieślowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz PRODUCTION: Ryszard Chutkowski CINEMATOGRAPHY: Wieslaw Zdort, Edward Klosinski EDITING: Ewa Smal MUSIC: Zbigniew Preisner CAST: Krystyna Janda, Aleksander Bardini, Olgierd Lukaszewicz, Krystyna Bigelmajer, Artur Barcis. SYNOPSIS: Dorota, a pregnant woman, visits her dying husband Andrzej in the hospital. In collaboration with the DISA Foundation
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