Amator
Krzysztof Kieslowski / PL, 1979 / 112 min.
Filip, a factory worker, buys an 8mm camera and films the birth of his daughter. He soon becomes addicted to the magic of film, which has consequences for his family. Amator represents Kieslowski’s international breakthrough, a year before the Solidarity strikes in Gdansk.
At the close of the 1970s, Krzysztof Kieslowski (1941 - 1996) had made a name for himself as a documentary filmmaker and director of short dramas for Polish TV. The Warsaw-born filmmaker sought to portray post-war Poland as accurately as possible within the constraints imposed by the censors. To avoid conflict with the Communist party Kieslowski developed a film style that was both concrete and poetic.
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Director
Krzysztof Kieslowski
Production year
1979
Country
PL
Original title
Amator
Length
112 min.
Language
Polish
Subtitles
ENG
Format
DCP
Part of
De films van Kieślowski
Polish director Krzysztof Kieślowski broke through internationally with his ten-part series Dekalog, which examined the meaning of the Ten Commandments for modern humans.
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