gość
Bearing traces of the old Anton Chekhov play The Wedding, The Contract is set during an "arranged" ceremony. The bride and groom barely know each other, but this matters not at all to their tradition-bound families. At the last minute, the bride balks. Only slightly nonplused, the groom's father, a status-seeking doctor, decides to go ahead with the expensive reception anyway. Polish director Krzysz Zanussi uses this scenario to stick it to capitalist corruption, and to society's destruction of the individual spirit. Leslie Caron, the one recognizable member of the cast, is outstanding as a wealthy, over-the-hill ballerina who happens to be a kleptomaniac.
Matka Piotra
A lonely Piotr Płaksin, who makes a living from part-time jobs, lives his dreams of a trip to the Easter Islands on a self-built yacht. One day a man learns that he has become a father.
Pelagia Waryńska
A film about the life and activities of the Polish revolutionary Ludwik Waryński. In his memoirs, Ludwik returns to his student years in St. Petersburg, to Warsaw, to Krakow, where he was arrested and put on trial. After the end of the process in Krakow, Waryński leaves for Geneva, where he meets with Russian revolutionaries. In 1881, he returned to his homeland and created the first party of workers in Poland...
Anna's secretary
A psychologist is asked about a scientific consultation with a girl who attempted suicide.
Anna's Mother
Um retrato dramático e perversamente subversivo do tenso conflito entre alunos e professores em um curso de verão de linguística. Krzysztof Zanussi oferece uma crítica sutil, mas forte, à política do Partido Comunista e da precariedade do sucesso em uma sociedade socialista.
Franciszek's Mother
Vida de tabloide de um físico; seu trabalho, sua vida amorosa e sua busca pelo significado da vida. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
Helena Krajewska, żona profesora
A student who missed his final exam because of illness arrives at his professor's house to beg to be allowed to take it.
