ZIELONA GRANICA (THE GREEN BORDER)
The movie's based on real stories and well researched, nearly documentary, as a representative of Granica (Border) - the organisation rescuing refugees on the Polish-Belarusian border - says.
Recommended. At first I wondered why the movie had been shot in low-contrast black and white. Later I realised it made people's colour irrelevant, simply everyone looked the same. A few minutes in the movie it already becomes brutal. Then it repeatedly shocks you with how callous, greedy or malicious humans can be. It's so harrowing I cried most of the time. It's gripping of course and hard-hitting politically - Maciej Stuhr is wonderful in his episodic role. As for the social context, the characters represent a full scope of attitudes. The heavy content is broken up with occasional humour e.g.: "Moje libido spadło do -1. Spytaj Anki." ("My libido has dropped to -1. Ask Anka.") or "To wygląda jakbyś to jedzenie zatruła." ("It looks as if you had poisoned the food.") The whole thing is powerful nevertheless.
LA PETITE BANDE (THE LITTLE GANG)
Watchable. A group of pupils fight a powerful factory contaminating their local river but their scheme gets out of hand. The comedy is based on slapstick, children's understanding of the world and the relationship between them. It's hard not to laugh at the face a boy makes after denying as if the girl caused him pain removing a thorn but most is just moderately amusing. The scene of vomiting is over the top. But all in all, the flick's good fun for all ages.
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