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Przypade, Blind chance, Film Polski ; MK2 ; producer, Jacek Szelígowski ; written and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski

Label
Przypade, Blind chance, Film Polski ; MK2 ; producer, Jacek Szelígowski ; written and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Language
pol
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Not rated
Main title
Przypade
Medium
videorecording
Oclc number
57571877
Responsibility statement
Film Polski ; MK2 ; producer, Jacek Szelígowski ; written and directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski
Runtime
114
Series statement
Films of Krzysztof Kieślowski
Sub title
Blind chance
Summary
Shows a man's life, following three paths he may have taken, as a doctor performing humanitarian deeds, as a political activist and as a dissidentFacing an unclear future, Witek, an earnest young Polish medical student, chooses to put his education on hold. What happens next spawns into three successive scenarios in which Witek's catching or missing a train gives him three different futures. Whether as an idealistic Communist Party member, an ambivalent dissident. or a devoted healer and husband, the young Pole's destiny is shaped by a troubled present poised to engulf him
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
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