简介：LawaisascreenadaptationofDziady(Forefathers'Eve),anineteenth-centuryversedramabyAdamMickiewicz.TheworkdepictsPolandundertheRussianruleduringthenineteenthcentury,interweavingpoliticalandpersonaldramawithasemi-paganriteduringwhichneedysoulscommunicatewiththelivingonthenightof"Forefathers'Eve". InPoland,Mickiewicz'sDziadyiscommonlyconsideredasaniconicworkofPolishRomanticpatriotism.Konwicki'sownrelationshiptoRomanticismismorecomplex:heiscriticalofitsphilosophyanddrawsonitsformalandstylisticresources. Themovieisentirelyinversewhichgivesitafeelofatheatricalperformance...withcinematicimageasitsdecor.…