CERN CineClub - Dekalog 3 and 4

Wednesday 9 Nov 2016, 20:00 → 22:00 Europe/Zurich

503/1-001 - Council Chamber (CERN)

 

Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski 

Poland Dekalog – 3

 

Directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski 

Poland, 1990, 57 min.

“Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.” Janusz is a taxi driver. It's Christmas Eve, and he honours the (Polish) traditions for this (holy) day: he gives presents to the members of his family and attends Midnight Mass. Later, Ewa, a woman who he had betrayed his wife with three years earlier, asks him to help her. Her husband is missing, and she asks him to help her search for him. Should Janusz stay home to keep the day holy? Or should he help Ewa, who says she needs his help, to keep the day holy? Is it his duty to help her? This episode seems to be both about the third commandment and about some of the other commandments, for example "Thou shalt not commit adultery" and "Thou shalt not lie".

Dekalog, 1989, 57 min.

"Honour thy father and thy mother". Young Anka and her father have lived together since her mother's death, and have always been more like close friends than father and daughter. One day, Anka discovers a letter from her mother whose contents make her question her whole relationship with her father... if that's indeed who he is.

Original Polish; English subtitles