BREAKTHROUGH
Recommended. Incredibly (pun intended) good. The title has a double meaning: literal and abstract. From some moment in the film, you expect it but it comes as a shock anyway. Convincingly acted and the actors even look similar to the original folk whose photos are shown at the end. Great soundtrack. Most of the movie is tear-jerking.
MAKSYMIUK. KONCERT NA DWOJE (CONCERTO FOR TWO)
Watchable. At first, nothing indicates this scruffy old prick is a renowned conductor. I couldn't make sense of his utterances and got the impression musicians were equally frustrated. But soon you see a rich interior in a traditional style, learn that it's his wife who takes care of his wardrobe, deodorant, make-up. He instead earns money. He's conducted thousands of concerts in Poland, Paris, London, New York (Carnegie Hall). While it captures his daily life and his mastery, the documentary is a bit chaotic, on top of Maksymiuk himself introducing confusion. For him, the whole world is a digression so he blathers a lot. He's a musical genius capable of not only catching it when part of an orchestra skips 2 tacts but also when some scores of world-famous composers contain mistakes which render them impossible to perform. What a shame the director made the sound flat. The music should surround you in the cinema. The documentqry features mostly the intricate contemporary scores he's said to be the only one able to conduct with no mistake. It ends aptly with applause.
Seen courtesy of Kinokawiarnia Falenica where the little screening room allows food and drinks from the cafe to be brought inside. You can use a special little table for those. At first, I was preoccupied because of a screaming kid in the cafe part but once the door was closed it turned out to be perfectly soundproof. And don't worry about the floor being one level - you can see above others' heads easily.
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