Krótki film o milosci (original title)
86 min
Country: Poland
Language: Polish
Director: Krzysztof Kieslowski
Writers: Krzysztof Kieslowski, Krzysztof Piesiewicz
Stars: Grazyna Szapolowska, Olaf Lubaszenko and Stefania Iwinska
A Short Film About Love (Polish: Krótki film o miłości) is a Polish romantic drama film directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski and starring Grażyna Szapołowska and Olaf Lubaszenko. Written by Krzysztof Kieślowski and Krzysztof Piesiewicz, the film is about a young post office worker deeply in love with a promiscuous older woman who lives in an adjacent apartment building. After spying on her through a telescope, he meets and declares his love for this jaded woman who long ago gave up on believing in love. She responds to his innocence by initiating him on the basic fact of life—that there is no love, only sex.A Short Film About Love is an expanded film version of Decalogue VI, part of Kieślowski's 1988 Polish language ten-part television series, The Decalogue. The film is set in Warsaw.
The film is based on Kieślowski's Decalogue VI, with minor changes and expansions to the script. The most significant change is to the ending, which was rewritten at the suggestion of lead actress Grażyna Szapołowska, who wanted the film to have a "fairytale ending". The original version ends with Tomek back at work, recovered from his attempted suicide, and telling Magda that he does not watch her anymore. The film ends with Magda's more developed concern for Tomek mirroring his earlier obsession with her. The film concludes in Tomek's room after his return from hospital. She looks through his telescope into her own apartment and Kieślowski replays an earlier scene of Magda crying in her kitchen, which had led Tomek to reveal his feelings to her, only this time she is joined and comforted by Tomek. Like Kieślowski's other Decalogue films, it features the mysterious angelic Man in White. (Wikipedia)
Awards and nominations
1988 Polish Film Festival Award for Best Actress (Grazyna Szapolowska) Won
1988 Polish Film Festival Award for Best Cinematography (Witold Adamek) Won
1988 Polish Film Festival Award for Best Supporting Actress (Stefania Iwinska) Won
1988 Polish Film Festival Golden Lion Award (Krzysztof Kieślowski) Won
1988 San Sebastián International Film Festival OCIC Award (Krzysztof Kieślowski) Won
1988 San Sebastián International Film Festival Special Prize of the Jury (Krzysztof Kieślowski) Won
1989 São Paulo International Film Festival Audience Award for Best Feature (Krzysztof Kieślowski) Won[10]
1988 National Board of Review of Motion Pictures Award Nomination for Outstanding Achievement in Foreign Film Award
1988 Venice Film Festival FIPRESCI Award Nomination
1988 Chicago Film Critics Association Award Nomination for Best Foreign Language Film
Ratings: 100% (Rotten Tomatoes Critics)
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