An outlier in Wajda’s body of work, this comedy feature focuses on bookshop worker Włodek’s encounter with the strong and independent Irena, whose ambitions to turn him into a successful writer go wildly awry. A fascinating attempt by Wajda at working in a different mode in order to explore the crisis of masculinity, it features a standout performance by Braunek.
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Poland 1968. Director Andrzej Wajda. 35min. Digital. With English subtitles
This sci-fi comedy is an adaptation of Stanisław Lem’s work about a racing car driver whose multiple organ transplants find him acquiring the donors’ personalities.
