Polish Film Week at National Cinema Centre

17 – 23 Sep 2010
National Cinema Centre

We learned too late about the Polish Film Festival which has been going on in Hanoi since last week.
But there is still time to catch the last few films.

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Lai Van Sinh, head of the cinematography department under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, said that Poland has selected five high quality films to introduce in Vietnam during the film week. Throughout the week, Vietnamese audiences will have an opportunity to learn more about the country, people and culture of Poland, especially Polish cinema which is considered quite advanced in Europe and the world.

Unfortunately, Hanoi Grapevine learned about this quite late. But before the Festival ends, there is still time to catch 3 more films:

1. MR KUKA’S ADVICE
Screening: 21 Sep 2010, 8 pm
Duration: 90 minutes
Directed by Dariusz Gajewski
Synopsis: A story of contrast between West and East – stereotypes and cultural differences but also on the things that they have in common. Waldemar, an unspoilt, naive young man, one day decides to explore the unknown West. He asks a certain Mr. Kuka for advice, who gives him a few lessons on how to behave in the West and why he should be careful so he won’t come back in a “How can I serve you?” T-shirt. Kuka suggests that Waldemar should go to Vienna. Yet at the bus station Waldemar starts suspecting that Mr. Kuka’s advice doesn’t always correspond to reality.

TIME TO DIE Screening: 22 Sep 2010, 8 pm Duration: 90 minutes Directed by Dorota Kędzierzawska Synopsis: An impressionistic, black-and-white portrait of the day-to-day of a nonagenarian woman as she experiences the final act of her life.

3. HOW TO LIVE
Screening: 23 Sep 2010, 8 pm.
Duration: 100 mins
Synopsis: 30-year-old Kuba is taken to prison where he talks to a random prisoner about his relationship with Ewa. Nine months earlier he found out that he was going to be a father. This fact helped him decide to change his very light-hearted approach to life and prepare for the new role of husband and father. The problem is that he has absolutely no idea how to do this. He has no role model because his father died when he was a child. Kuba decides to ask his three uncles, who play an important role in his life as substitute fathers, for advice. One of them is a tough mountain rescuer, another is a hard-working businessman, and the last is an artist constantly on the move. Kuba follows his uncles’ helpful advice and his life immediately radically changes.

Tickets are available at the National Cinema Centre and will also be sent to some relevant agencies.