A great movie by a somewhat forgotten director from Poland. It's the story of a worker in early 80's Poland, who bumps into an ex box pro and turns into a boxing pro himself with all the delicacies that involved sports and representing the Polish nation during those communist times.
The brilliant photography is rough, uncut and intentionally underexposed with very powerful, daring (for the time) and unconventional shots. The acting by Lengren is fantastic and during this movie he used his talent for improvisation on several occasions. An interesting detail of this movie is that a lot of the characters are real life people, hinting towards nouvelle vague.
The screenplay and dialog are on occasion very funny, sad, wise and plainly great (written partially by another fantastic polish director, Filip Bajon).
This movie is a must see for people interested in early 80's Polish cinema which at that time had its last revival before the inevitable downfall in which it has arrived over the last 20 years.
The brilliant photography is rough, uncut and intentionally underexposed with very powerful, daring (for the time) and unconventional shots. The acting by Lengren is fantastic and during this movie he used his talent for improvisation on several occasions. An interesting detail of this movie is that a lot of the characters are real life people, hinting towards nouvelle vague.
The screenplay and dialog are on occasion very funny, sad, wise and plainly great (written partially by another fantastic polish director, Filip Bajon).
This movie is a must see for people interested in early 80's Polish cinema which at that time had its last revival before the inevitable downfall in which it has arrived over the last 20 years.
