The decalogue

This grandiose work in ten parts revealed Kieslowski's genius to the world. His probing gaze, suspended between the secular and the spiritual, revisits the commandments in a surprisingly topical key and each episode places the spectator at the very heart of an ethical dilemma in which chance and need, love and egotism clash ceaselessly.

The Decalogue 1

(Dekalog, Jeden, 53 min., Poland 1989, original version with Italian subtitles)

starring Henryk Baranowski, Wojciech Klata and Maja Komorowska

Thou shalt have no other gods before me. A young teacher lives alone with his son, with whom he has a close and playful relationship. When the boy wants to go skating on a lake near his home, his father calculates the resistance of the ice on his computer and allows him to go. But an accident comes to shake the man's certainties to the very core.

The Decalogue 2

(Dekalog, Dwa, 58 min., Poland 1989, original version with Italian subtitles) starring Krystyna Janda and Aleksander Bardini

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain. Andrzej is seriously ill and fighting for his life. His wife asks the hospital's chief medic what his chances of survival are, but the medic refuses to give her an answer. In despair, the wife reveals to him that it is absolutely imperative she find out, because she is expecting another man's baby.

The Decalogue 3

(Dekalog, Trzy, 55 min., Poland 1989, original version with Italian subtitles) starring Daniel Olbrychski and Maria Pakulnis

Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. Janusz, a taxi driver, is spending Christmas eve with his wife and kids. Suddenly a former lover, Ewa, shows up on his doorstep and finds an excuse to drag him out of the house. Her husband has disappeared and she wants Janusz to help her find him. The man reluctantly agrees.

Informazioni

Admission free while places last

Sala Cinema

Admission via steps in via Milano 9a