Catalogue des films de « Halina Paszkowska »

Tomek, Marcel Lozinski's son, is eighteen now. Exactly twelve years ago, when he was six, his father filmed him while he was visiting a parc in Warsaw.Tomek used to stop next to some old people sitting on the benches, and, with childish frankness,...

Les enfants sont les meilleurs philosophes, dit-on. Par une douce journée de printemps, un petit garçon file sur sa trottinette sous l'ombre des arbres d'un parc quelconque de Pologne. Assis sur les bancs, des vieillards, seuls ou par groupes,...

A journalist who operates a radio station in a factory conducts a sociological survey among the workers to find out to what extent they feel responsible for what is going on in their factory. The workers’ answers come as a surprise, especially...

In the late 1970th famous faith healer Clive Harris started to visit Poland. His healing séances were held in churches and attracted thousands. Harris was aided by people organized spontaneously and informal assistance committees.

It's the day of the final oral exam in history and social studies at one of Warsaw's high schools. The exam consists of reciting the textbook-learned ideological formulas that are defunct both to students and teachers. Marcel Lozinski's...

A whimsical and self-reflexive work about the making of a film on the brilliant satirical cartoonist Andrzej Mleczko. Titkow films himself discussing with Mleczko: can a documentary film represent a paper world? Is there any difference between a...

A caustic deconstruction of the communist idea of a happy family life. An exemplary family contest is run at a Union of Young Polish Socialists camp for young couples. Main prize: a washing machine. ?ozi?ski has smuggled in a few troublemakers,...

Theater of the '70s - a commune of sorts where "young people find their place on earth". A theatre production – an act of morality. In the Krakow's Stu Krzysztof Jasinski Theateris holding rehearsals to "patients" based on Bulhakov’s “Master...

A railroad engine-man, about to retire, is singled out as an example to the young, and is due to be presented with a retiring gift at a ceremony. The life is hard, however, and being overtired, he causes a crash – the ceremony is cancelled.

Using only close-ups of gestures and faces, Halladin offers us a touching observation of pupils in one of Warsaw’s "special schools" for intellectually disabled children whose learning difficulties had them excluded from the regular state-run...