CHLEB I SOL (BREAD AND SALT)
Watchable. Realistic up to the point where not only is the dialogue in the local accent but it's not fully comprehensible due to sloppy speech. Very ordinary events, very 'ordinary' racism, where one thing led to another, and a final killing where it's hard to make out who killed who. A nocturne and a storm precede the finale, a torrential rain kind-of washes down the incident. Tedious.
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DZIEN I NOC (DAY AND NIGHT)
Recommended. This part-drama, part-mockumentary is centred round Polish folklore. The songs, customs, traditions, beliefs, attires, lace and, most of all, songs are beautiful and heart-heartfelt. It induces pure admiration for Polish folklore.
ZOBACZ ANIOLA (SAINT MICHAEL: MEET THE ANGEL)
Watchable. Barely. Digitally stuttering cinematography and the pictures often rapidly zooming in or out mar the movie. It's also often overtalked, by priests, some of them unabashadly peddling their books which lets this movie down big time, and by a nun. About the meaning of Angel Michael in Christian tradition and his representation in fine arts. e.g. when he's killing Satan, in the form of a dragon, he can be easily mistaken for St. George. The prolonged ending pushes the cult of saints. A mess. Ah, and one translation of a prayer has a spelling mistake in Polish. The documentary ends together with the end of the end credits.
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