简介：波兰新浪潮电影经典。 Thereareseveralreasonswhyyoushouldwatchthisraregem:thisisarareexampleofPolishnewwave,ithasgreatcamerawork,castandgreatmusicbyWojciechKilar.Itispoetic,avantgardeandalmostforgotten.Andimadethesubsmyself. Polishnewwave ThisisoneofthegemsofPolishcinema,agreatexampleofPolishnewwave,whichisrepresentedbythenameslikeGrzegorzKrolikiewicz,JerzySkolimowski,BogdanDziworski,AndrzejKondratiuk,AndrzejKostenkoandothers. ThePolishnewwavemovementwas,similarlytoFrench,characterisedbyusageofradicalform,experimentsinnarration,unconventionalfilmlanguageAlso,contrarytonouvellevagueinFrance,Polishnewwavehasneverbeendefinedprecisely.IthasneverreachedmainstreampopularityandmostofthetitleshaveneverbeenreleasedonDVDuptothisday. Synopsis: Andrzejisanenginner.Heworksinashipyard.Adaybeforehis40thbirthdayhecelebrateshisfirstshiplaunching.Heplanstorestathis“rancho”–asmallcottageattheBalticsea.Thebirthdaypartyatthedesolatedplacetransformsintotrance-like,hallucinatoryfeast. Whatisitabout? Thisisthemovieaboutamiddleagedman.Butit’snotatypicaldramaaboutgrowingoldandlongingforyouth.Andrzejisconfrontedwithhisage,butalsowithhispastandhispassion.Hebelongstothegenerationthatwasgrowingupduringthewar.Thewarmarkedmanypeopleinhisage–hemeetstheminthemovie.Hisfriend’sparentsandgrandparentswerekilledinAuschwitzordiedintheWarsawUprising.Whentheyseefire,itremindsthemaboutatrocitiesofwar.NodoubtthatAndrzejfeelsextremelytired.Thewardestroyedhimemotionally:he’sfullofdoubtinhisfeelings.Herealizes,thateverythinginhislifecametoolate:hisstudies,hiscareer,hislove. ThedirectorAndrzejSolorzusesvariousmeanstoportraittheshakypersonality.Thepresenttimemixeswithmaincharacter’smemories,hishallucinationsintertwinewithstreamsofconsciousness.Greatcast,greatmusicbyWojciechKilar.…