The final film—which swept the Polish Film Awards—in our Krzysztof Zanussi retrospective brings us to the post-Communist era of Poland today. An eloquent drama about the quest for spiritual harmony while facing death, it asks vital questions about how to accept the world as it changes around you.
In the cinema of Krzysztof Zanussi, livingly embodied & taut with the internal debates of a transforming society, the clash of Polish generations reaches its pinnacle in this richly erudite drama of debate. His usual university-educated protagonists are under his microscope—a microcosm of a nation.
Directed by one of the most important Polish auteurs of his generation, Krzysztof Zanussi’s erudite drama The Supplement revisits the characters of his earlier film Life As A Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease, but this time ponders about issues of religion, philosophy and social responsibility.
An alternative take on the career retrospective from a master, Krzysztof Zanussi—in which the director reunites several of his actors (the stars of 1971’s Family Life) and invites them to reinhabit their roles. A contemplating, searching film that returns to old questions with a new perspective.
