Born into peasantry and hardened by factory labors, Szczesny (Jozef Nowak) has embraced the tenets of communism. Now, the radicalized Polish man gets to experience what that philosophical transition means in the real world when he unexpectedly falls in love. Writer/director Jerzy Kawalerowicz's sensitive follow-up to his "Cellulose" co-stars Lucyna Winnicka, Jerzy Szpunar.
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Magical
Barrier is comparable to Last Year at Marienbad with its non-linear development, mysterious characters and inexplicable mis-en-scene. It also shares the guerrilla film-making style of the French New Wave. It is one of Skolimowski's best.
The film follows a newly graduated medical student in his pursuit of an unattainable woman. He follows her through the streets of 60s ...
Set at the turn of the century, the story concerns a Polish poet living in Cracow who has decided to marry a peasant girl. The wedding is attended by a heterogenous group of people from all strata of Polish society, who dance, get drunk and lament Poland's 100-year-long division of Poland under Russia, Prussia, and Austria. The bridegroom, a painter friend, and a journalist eac...