We Film the People! ( Nous filmons le peuple! )

We Film the People! (DVD) (*)

~~$32.99~~ $29.98

Original Title: Nous filmons le peuple!
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
French ( Dolby Linear PCM )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Subtitles )
Polish ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
Polish ( Dolby Linear PCM )
Polish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
50 min + 80 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Interactive Menu
Photo Gallery
Posters
Scene Access
Booklet

Movie filmed in 2013 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Ania Szczepanska

Written By:
Ania Szczepanska

Actors:
Ania Szczepanska

Synopsis:

The unique story of film directors who managed to critic the Communist regime while being produced by the State: this is Polish cinema's golden age, in the 1970s. Director Ania Szczepanska, born in Poland and raised in France, meets prominent filmmakers, producers, actors such as Andrzej WAJDA, Marcel LOZINSKI, Krzyszstof ZANUSSI, Kristina JANDA, Ryszard BUGAJSKI and confronts them the testimonies of the State men of that time. Through unknown archives, forgotten documentaries and excerpts of cult films, she relates how the Solidarnosc people ended up in Cannes.

We Film the People is a Polish-French co-production which premiered in Paris at the Kinopolska festival in 2013. In the first few scenes we find ourselves on a train with the director, who muses on the history of Polish cinema. A documentary, the film sets off to answer how so many films got past censorship in Poland during communism. Between 1948 and 1989, films were theoretically subject to harsh censorship under the Communist government. Szczepanska concentrates on the 1970s, sometimes known as the golden age of Polish cinema, and wonders how radical films which sometimes openly criticized Communism government managed to air in Poland and around the world, often even being funded by the Polish government. As the question is asked, the camera pans out the window onto the rolling countryside - we are on a journey.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 08 January, 2016.