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THE RETURN TO REASON (Le Retour a la Raison)

Film by Man Ray, 3’ Country: France b/w, 1923.

MOTHER JOAN OF THE ANGELS (Matka Joanna od Aniotow) Feature film, 106’

Director: Jerzy Kawalerowicz Screenplay: Tadeusz Konwicki, Jerzy Kawalerowicz, based on a story by Jaroslaw Iwaszkiewicz Cast: Lucyna Winnicka, Mieczyslav Voit, Anna Ciepielewska Production: Zespof KADR Country: Poland 35 mm b/w, 1960

Jerzy Kawalerowicz is one of the greatest Polish and world directors. His sophisticated film idiom, clear and profound thought as well as the visual beauty of his frames enchant and please even the most demanding spectators. His and other films produced by Kadr (he was its manager and ideologue) have always drawn the attention of the world and in Poland where they were often banned. His companions in the struggle against dogmatism and for the freedom of expression and freedom in general were Andrzej Wajda, Andrzej Munk, Juliusz Machulski, Walerian Borowczyk and others. Kavalerovicz's wife Lucyna Winnicka often acted in his films. In Mother Joan of the Angels she played the title role.

THE RETURN TO REASON (Le Retour a la Raison)

11 The Bible is literature, not dogma. George Santayana, American-Spanish philosopher

11 Nothing is more despicable than respect based on fear. Albert Camus

11 Mastroianni is very humane; he can identify himself with a man from the street. He is not a hero, rather an anti-hero. That is why the audiences love him. Luchino Visconti

THE STRANGER (Lo straniero) Feature film, 100’

Director; Luchno Visconti Screenplay: Suso Cecchi D’Amico,Georges Conchon, Emmanuel Robles and Luchino Visconti, based on a novel by Albert Camus Cast: Marcelo Mastroianni, Ana Karina Production: Dino De Laurentis Country: Italy, France, Algeria 35 mm colour, 1967 A member of an old aristocratic family Luchino Visconti di Modrone, count of Lonnate Pozzolo, was “different”. He was an enigmatic and also an influential figure, a nobleman, a member of the Communist Party of Italy, leftist, antifascist, well-known theatre, opera and film director and screenplay writer and an open homosexual. Visconti played a lead role in reviving the Italian film production after World War II and was one of the founding fathers of the Italian Neo-realism ( Obsession, La terra trema, Bellisslma).

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