PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI Bil’s rating (out of 5): BBBBB. Poland/United Kingdom/France, 2018. Opus Film, Apocalypso Pictures, MK2 Productions, Arte France, BFI Film Fund, Canal+ Polska, Cinestaan Film Company, City of Lodz, City of Warsaw, EC1 Lódz – Miasto Kultury, Eurimages, Film4, Kino Swiat, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, MK2 Films, Maziowiecki Fundusz Filmowy, Mazovia Region, Mazovia Warsaw Film Fund,…
Tag: Canal+ Polska
Ida
BBBB.5 (out of 5) A girl raised from infancy in a convent is preparing to take her vows in mid-sixties Poland when a woman shows up claiming to be a relative. It turns out the visitor is her aunt Wanda, who reveals that the future Sister Anna is actually a Jewish girl named Ida, placed…
Palimpsest
BBB.5 (out of 5) Reality and fantasy mix freely in this beautifully shot thriller from Poland, about a police investigator trying to solve the crime of a cop friend who was pushed out a window. Our hero’s investigation of the crime takes him into a strange world of untrustworthy sources as he weaves in and…
The Pianist
BBBB.5 (out of 5) Wladislaw Szpilman, a Polish Jew living with his family in 1940s Warsaw, has his life as a famous pianist turned completely around when Nazis invade and the city is turned into a war zone. This excellent film by Roman Polanski, which features more depth and skill than the director has shown…
