May 21 - 9:00pm
Andrzej Wajda (1970) 101 mins
Amidst the chaos of Poland’s Liberation in 1945, 2 concentration camp survivors, Tadeusz (Daniel Olbrychski), a young poet, & Nina (Stanislawa Celinska), a headstrong Jewish girl, meet & fall in love. Their intense relationship unravels across the trauma-scape of a devastated society attempting to come to terms with freedom, nationhood & homeland in Wajda’s haunting tale of youthful passion challenged by the bitter ironies of war & its aftermath.
Imported 35mm print of the new restoration courtesy of Filmoteka Narodowa.
* Preceded by Ashes & Diamonds at 9.00pm.