Screening of the film “Lava. The Story of Adam Mickiewicz's “Grandfathers”

Lake. The Tale of Adam Mickiewicz's “Grandfathers” [1989]

Lake. The story of Adam Mickiewicz's “Grandfathers” [1989] is a film farewell by the director to the audience. The last film in Tadeusz Konwicki's career seems to contradict the coming times of commercial cinema, which after a period of transformation dominated the film market in Poland. Cinematography suffered the shock of freedom, the censorship was abolished, which, according to many directors, including Kieślowski or Kutz, constituted the strength and quality of Polish films. The viewer also changed, who went to the cinema less and less often, and even more so to domestic productions. Konwicki's conscious choice to stick to the poetic text layer correlates with the symbolism of the image. In it we can appreciate Vilnius shown through the eyes of Piotr Sobociński to the accompaniment of music by Zygmunt Koniecki awarded in Gdynia. The double role of Konrad-Gustaw was cast by the featherless Artur Żmijewski and the Nestor of the Polish scene Gustaw Holoubek, but Henryk Bista was appreciated above all for the role of Senator. It can be said that Lava Konwicki is perhaps the last example of commercial cinema à rebours, which, contrary to the assumptions of modern productions, does not bow to the audience in the waist, but poses an intellectual challenge for them.

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