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When the Solidarity movement was born in Poland, it overwhelmed Europe and then the whole world. What was the background of the collapse of the Berlin Wall? This unique story is told by the great artists of that time, well-known actors such as Krystyna Janda and Olgierd Łukasiewicz along with Nobel Peace Prize winner Lech Wałęsa. We start with the personal story of the director, at the time an 18-year-old communist from Milan with Polish roots. In 1987-89 she got a scholarship to the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow and had to cope with the reality Communism in Poland: the queues in shops, the lack of grocery products, and no access to media. She discovers an incredible, hidden world where the culture is in ferment and art becomes clandestine, a dominant aspect of that time and place.

 

ELENA DE VARDA
The founder of the film Independent production company Filmlux based in Milano and the company Wojtekfilms, based in Warsaw, Poland. A degree in History & Philosophy and two years scholarship at the Academy of fine Arts in Cracow to study painting and graphics. Passionate about history, art, philosophy, environmental and economic issues, education and research, she develops contents and dedicated events.

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screenings
Gallery Theatre
(1112 N. Milwaukee Ave.)

Sunday, 11/22/20 at  1:00 pm

2019, 87 min, Poland, Italy
English, Polish, and Italian with English subtitles

 

Direction/Reżyseria
ELENA DE VARDA

Script/Scenariusz
ELENA DE VARDA

Cinematography/Zdjęcia
MAREK GAJCZAK,
ELENA DE VARDA,
ROBERTO MARIOTTI,
MATEUSZ MAZUR,
RADECK MOENERT

Editing/Montaż
ELENA DE VARDA

Sound/Dźwięk
STUDIO BPM ROME

Music/Muzyka
LOUIS SICILIANO

Produced by/Produkcja
WOJTEKFILMS, FILMLUX

Producers/Producenci
ELENA DE VARDA,
PIETRO ELLI

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