Cast : Lomnicki Tadeuz, Linda Boguslaw
1984 / drama / Pologne / original title : PRZYPADEK / 124’ / Color / status : completed / Polish / long feature-film
In Communist Poland, Witek, a medical student, runs to catch a train to Warsaw. From this single moment, three distinct versions of his future unfold, each shaped by whether he boards the train or misses it.
Press
«A powerful political statement.»
IONCINEMA
«One of Krzysztof's best films, perhaps even the best and the most original.»
Agnieszka Holland
«[The film] interrogates the formulation of individual values in the arguably unchanging everyman, as well as exploring various facets of contemporary Polish society and politics.»
CINEVUE
«The indelible fulcrum of Kieślowski’s career.»
SLANT