Blind Chance

Jason

Put off for many years. The decisive-moment fractals thing is always a turn off, by virtue of its philosophical risibility. I loathe few films more than Run Lola Run and Sliding Doors. These films entirely misunderstand real-world contingency. Could be a problem here, if you subject the film to a reading it doesn't require. It is best when it shows us how flexible man is in relation to his inflexible systems.

J. O.

A great film dealing with the ambivalence of one's future. Fantastic cinematography, and a pioneered sense of non-linear storytelling that has undoubtedly been adopted by many films.

Mtume Gant

Kieslowski's first masterpiece. So much to process with this picture. Its truth is haunting. The master of tone in this one also squeezes your heart as he reminds us in every choice we make, even the one to abstain we will have to face the consequences.

Alexander Dunkelberger

How much of life depends on chance, and how much is our own doing, is the essential question at the heart of this film. Three different possible outcomes all dependent on a train. Sadly all them lead to pain and suffering, in some form or another, so maybe it isn’t all chance, and some of us are fated to disaster and death. It contradicts its own answers as much as it asks its questions.

Burcu

The film presents three separate storylines, told in succession, about a man running after a train and how such an ordinary incident could influence the rest of the man's life.

FISCHER

Une oeuvre magistrale, d'une noirceur étouffante et d'un pessimisme radical qui ne laisse aucune alternative salvatrice à la perdition humaine... www.cinefiches.com

Giacomo Confortin

Il tutto si scioglie in un gioco di scontri in questa storia, ma ogni scena prende posto agilmente come le dita che si incrociano nei frequenti baciamano del protagonista. È solo la prima o solo l'ultima volta che riesce a raggiungere il treno? Cieco è il destino e con lui le nostre luci su questa corsa alla stazione, di questa corsa di poche battute e tanti dubbi. Il film è stupendo.

CarlosEsquives

Lo mejor del filme es sin duda su inicio. El apresurado resumen de grandes elipsis sobre la biografía del protagonista. Lo que sigue, tres posibles destinos de este mismo durante el comunismo, es decir, durante tiempos ideológicamente turbulentos. Aquí veremos a un personaje encontrándo su lugar en distintos contextos y circunstancias, pero será siempre ese tormento político el que mueve la fichas. ¿Azar o época?